Lean Canvas
Format:
Lean Canvas uses the
same As an entrepreneur, one of the most important tasks you can perform is
getting your idea(s) out of your head into a tangible format so that you can
communicate that with others. In the past, this usually meant a well-researched
business plan that would usually take weeks (more like months) to create.
As a business entrepreneur, you have to get ideas out of your head onto paper so that others
can see and help build the problem solution. Traditional business plans are not
relevant in the ideation stage, they take too much time and are usually created
without any validated learning. Business plans are more suited to once you have
a business running and are looking to scale.
Before we jump into the
Lean Canvas format it’s important to point out that Lean Canvas has been
adapted by Ash Maurya from the very popular Business Model Canvas by Alexander Osterwalder.
9 blocks concept except
they’ve been modified slightly to suit the needs/ purposes/requirements of a
Lean Startup. The Lean Canvas is the perfect one-page format for brainstorming
possible business models, the blocks guide you through logical steps starting
with your customer problems right through to your unfair advantage (often the
hardest block to answer).
The major headings are:
1.
Problem
2.
Solution
3.
Key matrices
9.
Channels
Problem:
In this heading, you have to write the top three
problems for which you are making the solution.
Solutions:
Write the three solutions to the problems you will
offer to your customers.
Key Matrices:
Write down the key parameter you measure for your
business.
Cost Structure:
Copy down your fixed and variables cost, your
capital and loans, etc.
Revenue Streams:
The way you make revenues comes under this heading.
Unique Value Proposition:
The one lie sentence shows why customers take your
service.
Unfair Advantage:
The parameters show that your idea can’t be easily
copied or bought.
Customer Segmentation:
Your customer groups are defined under this heading.
Channel:
Your communication way to the customers.
There are lots of templates
available online, but it is a little bit hard to find the standard template, so
the Coursework provider expert writer can write a lean canvas for you on the
standard template.
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