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Announcing our New Online Training Course

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03-05-2012 | I want to personally introduce you to our exciting new project: Business Model Studios. This new online course is designed to give you “The Power to Draw & Generate Business Models for Teams, Start Ups and Major Organizations”. Let me start by sharing with you more about how we came up with this idea for an online course. The Story of Business Model Studios As some of you know, the movement of Business Model Generation started in November 2008 with the launch of the Hub. Alex, Yves and Patrick decided to publish a book on business models w… Read more >>

The funeral home business model

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17-04-2012 | I was born and raised in a funeral home. You could say we were a “6-feet-under” family. I loved it. When I was 7 years old I was in charge of cleaning the Hearse and the Cadillac Fleetwoods together with my twinbrother after each funeral. That was a tough job. Did you ever cleaned a big black car without leaving water drops? When I grew older I served in the night shifts. At 18 you realize what life is about. Some people die too young. Some people have the coolest ceremonies. Life was not easy. We needed to be quiet at home not disturbing the service. Peop… Read more >>

8 success factors in making business models stick

Making Change Stick

10-04-2012 | Although there can be numerous reasons for organizations to improve and innovate their business model, in almost every case, the basic goal is the same: making (fundamental) changes in how business is conducted in order to keep up to date with an ever-changing market. Business model innovation is an intensive transformation, requiring a sound change management approach to achieve sustainable results. To make change stick, we can learn from the 8 key success factors in change management as described by John Kotter in his book ‘Leading Ch… Read more >>

Better business performance by loving all your stakeholders

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22-03-2012 | Frequently, I hear and read about the transformation our (global) society is going through. I’m referring to the transformation to a higher (collective) consciousness. I see this megatrend too and can put it into perspective myself. I do wonder what this means for the world we live in? What is the role of business? Are businesses able to tap into this higher state of consciousness to create a better world? If such businesses exist: what do they look like, how do the people working at those companies think and what are they doing differentl… Read more >>

Gamestorming drives Business Model Generation Part I

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21-03-2012 | At first you might think these books have nothing in common. Agree. Gamestorming (GS) is put together by 3 US authors (Sunni, Dave, James); Business Model Generation (BMG) is done by two European authors (Alex, Yves). GS is published through a publisher, BMG is self published and crowdsourced. GS is written and drawn, BMG is beautifully designed. However, GS and BMG are both bestseller books and they embrace co-creation and visual thinking. So what? No, it goes beyond all of that. A meeting with Sunni Brown I wanted to find out more about the simil… Read more >>

Free drives paid – The business model of Spotify

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16-02-2012 | “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. “ Hunter S. Thompson The traditional record label model No industry is changing as rapid as the music industry. In the past, the record companies fully determined which artists were launched national or international. The production costs, the promotional costs and the distribution costs for an album were significant. The music industry lived for the blockbusters with huge sales from a handful o… Read more >>