Since we’ve launched the first version of the Business Model Blocks about a year and half ago, we have been surprised by the enthusiasm and the number of people that started to use the blocks to visualize their business models. With all the feedback that we received from users, it was about time for an upgrade! Over the last two months we’ve reworked the initial 10 blocks to a brand-new set of 16 building blocks (thanks Tijl Piryns for the design!). You can have a look at ‘the making of‘. On the level of stakeholders we added four blocks: My Organization, Supplier, Government, and Non-profit. On the level of exchangeable objects we added: Data, Rights, and Credits. Attention and Exposure where merged into one building block. Check out the new Business Model Blocks template and let us know what you think:
Through a series of prototypes and workshops, we’ve found that the extended set better suits the subtleties of business models across different sectors. The new BM Blocks were used for the first time at our Business Model Tastings in Hasselt and Ghent (someactionphotos). What else? Brainstorm kits with magnetic blocks, business modeling with the blocks on the iPad,… stay tuned! What do you think? Send us your feedback via the contact form or directly to @philderidder/@nickdemey on twitter (tag: #bmblocks).
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Since the start we have been growing our database of business model examples. The list below gives an overview of the top 10 most viewed business models so far. It seems we primarily cover and view online business models. The listed business models provide innovative answers on trends as: rewarding people for exposure (Hollrr), publishing [...]
On Friday May 15 at exact 10am CET/4am EDT/1am PST we started a 24 Hour marathon of innovation projects around the world. During a full day and night 60+ participants presented their innovation initiatives, ranging from small innovation blogs up to large multinationals. Reviewing high quality presentations, facing technical challenges, judging a student challenge, live [...]
The 24 Hours of Innovation has just started! During a full day and night we go from one innovation initiative to the other! Initiatives range from promising start-ups, innovation programs at large companies, a student challenge US vs Belgium, interesting seminars, innovation projects in Uganda, the “My half time pep talk for 2009″ blog action, [...]
Share your “My half time pep talk for 2009″ on your blog during the 24 Hours of Innovation. Let’s all share our views on 2009 up until now. What is your advice to the world? Which projects have surprised/disappointed you so far (in your industry or in general)? Are people motivated enough to start new [...]
About Board of Innovation an international office focused on new business models. With this platform we visually capture strong business ideas from around the world.
