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).
In the growing series of pay-what-you-want concepts we can now add the Wolfire Indie gaming bundle. Gamers come to their webshop and decide for themselves what the bundle of 6 indie games is worth to them. Not only do they decide how much they are willing to pay, they also decide where their money goes [...]
After several very basic business models, it is time for a more advanced example. The problem it focuses on is rather straightforward. When buying a gift for somebody together with some friends, you might run into the hassle of collection money. The start-up Wraply.com will try to solve this with a simple and convenient online [...]
Many free business models are based upon advertising while others are based on direct exchange of services. You do something for me and in return I’ll do something for you. Everybody happy! This new approach by Disney combines both methods. In order to get free publicity they are encouraging people to do volunteer work with [...]
In a sector where everybody is fighting to offer the most positive experience as possible, the Rancho Bernardo Inn in San Diego tries to compete by offering just the opposite. Instead of luxury retreats, customers can choose the ‘survivor package‘. For only 19 dollar a night one can sleep in a room without a bed. [...]
For years game publishers could rely on the sales of relative expansive game discs to gain their profits. But then together with internet the peer-to-peer networks came up which made it easier for consumers to find cheap alternative solutions to play their most favorite games. After years of fighting against this change in consumers behavior [...]
Following our previous post on wantz.it and tweetag, two other social applications that presented during Pitch Arena were Taatu and Virtua Gym. For these two ventures we also briefly described their business model. We didn’t go in depth, but mapping out the four social applications gaves us the possibility to quickly compare them with each [...]
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