Yves Pigneur

mini-workshop on business models and social entrepreneurship at NUS Enterprise Center will be scheduled, with Prof. Wong Poh Kam.

During this session, the Business Model Canvas will be presented and used for designing, prototyping and testing business models. Business model innovation in social entrepreneurship will be illustrated with examples such as Grameen Phone (web), Peepoople (web), Eight19 (web) Azuri (web) and A-Changin (web). Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasised with practical exercises.

swissnex China Lectures “Business model innovation and design”
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“The last swissnex China lecture ’Business model Innovation and Design’ was organized in cooperation with HEC Lausanne and was held at Minsheng Art Museum. (more)

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a talk, meeting and discussion with Chinese media about the BMGEN story, the business model innovation and design thinking for designing business models, organised by Louis Yuan and China Machine Press, the publisher of the Chinese version of BMGEN.

Talk on business model innovation (’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?) at the New Huadu Business School (web)

“The New Huadu Business School is a public institution of higher learning funded by the Fujian New Huadu Charity Foundation. (…) Pursuing a vision to “become a world-class business school with Chinese implications’, The New Huadu Business School is committed to training young Chinese for innovative abilities and entrepreneurial spirits, and to injecting fundamental momentum into the Chinese economy. (more)

Edmund Phelps, the winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics, is the Dean of New Huadu Business School since April 2010.

The talk aims at learning about and applying the Business Model Canvas, a practical visual language, to describe, challenge, and design business models. The concepts will be illustrated by examples of business model innovation. Design thinking attitude is also emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models. The links with other strategic management objects (value chain, SWOT analysis, 5 forces, jobs-to-be-done, Blue Ocean Strategy, ’) will be discussed.

Keynote speech “How to design a business model?” and panel with entrepreneurs at Beijing for the Eighth best business model China summit - ’?’?’? ’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’?’? (web) invited by Hu Hao, Chief Editor of Business Review

“Business Review”, belonging to the Business Media Group, is a high-end finance and management magazine. As an extensive MBA readings, it is the first magazine that lucubrates the micro economic in China and takes the lead in bringing in the idea of business model to observe the enterprise. And it holds an activity called the “Best business model summit in China’, which has already became the most high-end forum of business model in China.

Business media, the most influential commercial and finance journal group in China, contains 5 of the most popular commercial and finance magazines – Business, Business Review, Business Mode, Family & Handcraft. The issues of its magazines cover the whole nation and the Chinese regions in Europe, North American and Southeast Asia, which advanced the development of China’s economy and helped the Chinese business culture rise rapidly.

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The visual Business Model Canvas helps entrepreneurs to design, challenge and evaluate their business models. The concepts are illustrated by examples of business model innovation, such as Apple iPod, Nespresso and SunEdison in the solar industry. Design thinking attitude and techniques are emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.

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talk and discussion at International Enterprise Singapore (IE), invited by Dennis Tan, Divisional Director.

“International Enterprise (IE) Singapore is the government agency driving Singapore’s external economy. IE Singapore spearhead the overseas growth of Singapore-based companies and promote international trade. The vision is a thriving business hub in Singapore with globally competitive companies and leading international traders … (more)

distinguished lecture at Institute Media Innovation (IMI), invited by Prof Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, director of IMI (web).

The seminar will present a visual language for designing, assessing and challenging business models. Business model innovation and industry changes will be illustrated with examples such as Nespresso, Circus of the Sun, and SunEdisson. Design thinking attitude and customer centricity will also be emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.

Three research areas and artifacts have been explored. The first one concerns the formalization and visualization of the core constructs related to business models. The second area corresponds to the exploration of how design techniques might contribute to improving the generation and evaluation of multiple business models. The third one is the research of computer-aided design assisting in the process of designing strategic objects such as business models.

Business Design Summit, an exclusive event for visionary leaders, executives,entrepreneurs, and consultants at Classic Remise Berlin on April 19-20, 2013,

WHY IS THIS EVENT HAPPENING?

“People improving todays businesses and building tomorrows need new, practical, strategies to deal with today’s brutal new business environment. A handful of visionary business thinkers, educators, authors, and world class entrepreneurs know this. Separately, that’ve been crafting a new business toolbox and playbook. What if all that knowledge, experience, and all those tools came together? … (more)

Pat Van der Pijl and Tim Clark are organising the first join BMGEN & BMYOU workshop

“De wereld verandert in hoog tempo. Voor organisaties en voor jou is het essentieel mee te veranderen. Maar hoe doe je dat? Waar moet je beginnen? En hoe weet je welke richting de juiste is? Het Canvasmodel helpt je hierbij. Het helpt je om nieuwe kansen te ontdekken voor je organisatie en voor jezelf. Maak op één A4-tje duidelijk hoe jij en je organisatie waarde creëren, leveren en behouden (mere)

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Pat is building his translated business model books collection…

talk on business model design to the coaches and entrepreneurs of the NUS Enterprise Center (NEC), headed by Prof. Wong Poh-Kam, followed by a long fruitful discussion on value proposition design, product features definition and business model evolution, illustrated with a local start-up (transparent braces for orthodontists).

The visual Business Model Canvas (BMGEN) helps entrepreneurs to design, challenge and evaluate their business models. The concepts are illustrated by examples of business model innovation, such as Apple iPod, Nespresso and SunEdison in the solar industry. Design thinking attitude and techniques are emphasized for exploring, prototyping and testing business models.

The Value Proposition Designer is like a plug-in tool to the Business Model Canvas. It helps you design, test, and build your company’s Value Proposition to Customers in a more structured and thoughtful way, just like the Canvas assists you in the business model design process ’ (see previous post).

Inspiring by “Crossing the Chasm” by Geoffrey Moore (web) that focuses on the specifics of marketing high-tech products during the beginning of the start-up, Wong Poh-Kam uses a circle-shaped product map for defining the features and the product evolution of the start/up.