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Henrik	
  Berglund	
  
Chalmers	
  University	
  of	
  Technology	
  
Center	
  for	
  Business	
  Innova8on	
  
henber@chalmers.se	
  
www.henrikberglund.com	
  
@khberglund	
  
	
  
	
  Business	
  Models/Customer	
  Development	
  	
  
2013-­‐09-­‐19	
   1	
  
Agenda	
  
1.  Startups	
  vs	
  Companies	
  
2.  Business	
  Models	
  
3.  Customer	
  Development	
  
 
1.  Startups	
  vs	
  Companies	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Company?	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Company?	
  
A	
  business	
  organiza5on,	
  that	
  sells	
  a	
  product	
  
or	
  service	
  in	
  exchange	
  for	
  revenue	
  and	
  profit	
  
How	
  are	
  Companies	
  organized?	
  
How	
  are	
  Companies	
  organized?	
  
Companies	
  are	
  organized	
  around	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
Business	
  Models	
  
Key activities Value
proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Business	
  Model	
  
hPp://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/	
  
9	
  
Nespresso
machines"
retail" mail"
order"
Nespresso"
.com"
call"
center"
Nespresso
stores"
households"
business"
1 x machine"
sales"
repetitive
pod sales"
distribution
channels"
coffee"
production
facilites"
production" B2C
distribution" brand"
marketing"
brand"patents"
machine
manufacturer"
production"
B2C
distribution" brand"
marketing"
Nespresso
club"
brand"
brand"
Nespresso
pods"
Example:	
  Nespresso	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Startup?	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Startup?	
  
A	
  temporary	
  organiza8on	
  	
  
designed	
  to	
  search	
  	
  
for	
  a	
  repeatable	
  and	
  scalable	
  business	
  model	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Startup?	
  
A	
  temporary	
  organiza8on	
  	
  
designed	
  to	
  search	
  	
  
for	
  a	
  repeatable	
  and	
  scalable	
  business	
  model	
  
What’s	
  a	
  Startup?	
  
A	
  temporary	
  organiza8on	
  	
  
designed	
  to	
  search	
  	
  
for	
  a	
  repeatable	
  and	
  scalable	
  business	
  model	
  
Business	
  Models	
  
Visualiza5on	
  of	
  
the	
  business	
  
model	
  framwork	
  
Key activities ?? Value proposition ?? Customer
relationships ??
Customer
segments ??
Cost
structure ??
Key
resources ??
Revenue
streams ??
Channels ??
Key partners ??
Startups	
  Search	
  
Companies	
  Execute	
  
 	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  Startups	
  ≠	
  Small	
  companies	
  
But	
  s8ll…	
  
What	
  We	
  Used	
  to	
  Believe	
  
Strategy	
  
 
Start by developing a Business Plan…
 
…make the financial forecasts…
 
…then Execute
What	
  We	
  Now	
  Know	
  
Strategy	
  
	
  
5-­‐Year	
  Plans	
  
 
Develop and Execute the Business Plan
Why?
No Business Plan survives
first contact with customers
“Everybody	
  has	
  a	
  plan	
  un5l	
  they	
  get	
  punched	
  in	
  the	
  face”	
  
	
  	
  Mike	
  Tyson	
  
Searching for a Business Model
comes before
Executing a business plan
Key activities Value
proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Business	
  Models	
  
hPp://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  Advantage	
   Customer	
  Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Type:	
  
Asset	
  sales	
  
Usage	
  fee	
  
Subscrip8on	
  fees	
  
Lending/Ren8ng/Leasing	
  
Licensing	
  
Brokerage	
  fees	
  
Adver8sing	
  
Fixed	
  Pricing:	
  
List	
  price	
  
Product	
  feature	
  
Customer	
  segment	
  
Volume	
  
Dynamic	
  Pricing	
  
Nego8a8on	
  
Yield	
  management	
  
Real-­‐8me	
  market	
  
Interview	
  30-­‐50	
  customers	
  
Build	
  MVP	
  
Ongoing	
  burn	
  (fixed	
  and	
  variable	
  costs)	
  
	
  
	
  	
  	
  Direct	
  
	
  	
  	
  Distributor	
  
	
  	
  	
  OEM	
  
	
  	
  	
  Retail	
  
	
  	
  	
  VAR	
  
	
  	
  	
  Web	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Alterna8ves	
  
Customers;	
  Users	
  
Early	
  Adopters	
  
Why	
  you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  worth	
  	
  geeng	
  aPen8on	
  
	
  
Result	
  customers	
  want	
  
	
  	
  	
  +	
  specific	
  period	
  of	
  8me	
  
	
  	
  	
  +	
  address	
  objec8ons	
  
Acquisi8on	
  
Ac8va8on	
  
Reten8on	
  
Revenue	
  
Referral	
  
Not	
  easily	
  copied	
  or	
  bought	
  
Problem	
  
Alterna8ves	
  
Business	
  Model	
  	
  
Hypotheses	
  
Search	
  
Strategy	
  
Execu5on	
  
Opera5ng	
  Plan	
  +	
  
Financial	
  Model	
  
What	
  We	
  Used	
  to	
  Believe	
  
Process	
  
We	
  Built	
  Startups	
  by	
  	
  
Managing	
  Processes	
  
Product	
  Management	
  
+	
  
Waterfall	
  Engineering	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Tradi8onal	
  Development	
  Process	
  
	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Tradi8onal	
  Development	
  Process	
  
Has	
  Two	
  Implicit	
  Assump8ons	
  
Tradi8onal	
  Development	
  Process	
  
Has	
  Two	
  Implicit	
  Assump8ons	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Customer	
  Problem:	
  known	
  
Product	
  Features:	
  known	
  
Works	
  well	
  for	
  incremental	
  development	
  projects	
  
targe5ng	
  exis5ng	
  customers.	
  
Tradi8on	
  –	
  Hire	
  Marke8ng	
  
-­‐ 	
  Create	
  Marcom	
  	
  
	
  	
  Materials	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Posi5oning	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  PR	
  Agency	
  
-­‐	
  Early	
  Buzz	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Demand	
  
-­‐	
  Launch	
  Event	
  
-­‐	
  “Branding”	
  
Marke5ng	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Tradi8on	
  –	
  Hire	
  Sales	
  
-­‐ 	
  Create	
  Marcom	
  	
  
	
  	
  Materials	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Posi5oning	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  PR	
  Agency	
  
-­‐	
  Early	
  Buzz	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Demand	
  
-­‐	
  Launch	
  Event	
  
-­‐	
  “Branding”	
  
-­‐	
  Build	
  Sales	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Marke5ng	
  
Sales	
   -­‐	
  Hire	
  Sales	
  VP	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  1st	
  	
  Sales	
  Staff	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Tradi8on	
  –	
  Hire	
  Business	
  Development	
  
-­‐ 	
  Create	
  Marcom	
  	
  
	
  	
  Materials	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Posi5oning	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  PR	
  Agency	
  
-­‐	
  Early	
  Buzz	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Demand	
  
-­‐	
  Launch	
  Event	
  
-­‐	
  “Branding”	
  
-­‐	
  Build	
  Sales	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Marke5ng	
  
Sales	
   -­‐	
  Hire	
  Sales	
  VP	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  1st	
  	
  Sales	
  Staff	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  First	
  Bus	
  Dev	
   -­‐	
  Do	
  deals	
  for	
  FCS	
  Business	
  	
  
Development	
  
Example	
  -­‐	
  Recognize	
  these?	
  
Online	
  clothes	
  retailer	
  specialized	
  in	
  
fashion	
  and	
  sports	
  (e.g.	
  Adidas,	
  Fila,	
  Vans,	
  
Converse,	
  DKNY	
  and	
  Fred	
  Perry).	
  	
  
Raised	
  $160	
  million	
  (JP	
  Morgan,	
  Goldman	
  
Sachs,	
  Bernard	
  Arnault,	
  BenePon	
  +	
  six).	
  
Developed	
  an	
  innova8ve	
  site	
  with	
  3D,	
  
zoom,	
  360⁰	
  rota8on	
  and	
  virtual	
  
mannequins,	
  powered	
  by	
  lots	
  of	
  JavaScript	
  
and	
  Flash	
  Anima8ons.	
  
Rapidly	
  grew	
  to	
  420	
  people	
  and	
  spent	
  
heavily	
  on	
  PR	
  pre	
  launch.	
  
Delayed	
  launch	
  repeatedly	
  due	
  to	
  
technological	
  problems.	
  
Finally	
  launched	
  in	
  18	
  countries	
  
simultaneously	
  	
  8:59	
  November	
  3	
  1999	
  EST.	
  
What	
  happened?	
  
40	
  %	
  of	
  visitors	
  could	
  not	
  access	
  the	
  site.	
  	
  
Mac	
  users	
  could	
  not	
  operate	
  the	
  site	
  at	
  all.	
  	
  
The	
  site	
  was	
  very	
  difficult	
  to	
  use	
  and	
  full	
  of	
  
errors,	
  oten	
  causing	
  computers	
  to	
  freeze.	
  	
  	
  
Extremely	
  slow	
  to	
  load	
  without	
  broadband.	
  
Only	
  one	
  in	
  four	
  aPempts	
  to	
  make	
  a	
  
purchase	
  worked.	
  	
  
Low	
  conversion	
  rates	
  (0.25%).	
  
Conversion	
  rates	
  did	
  double	
  by	
  Christmas.	
  
30%	
  returns,	
  not	
  10%	
  as	
  projected.	
  
A	
  “low-­‐bandwidth	
  version”	
  was	
  relaunched	
  
within	
  months.	
  
But	
  low	
  sales	
  +	
  high	
  costs	
  
	
  “Eighty-­‐one	
  minutes	
  	
  
to	
  pay	
  too	
  much	
  money	
  
for	
  a	
  pair	
  of	
  shoes	
  that	
  I	
  
am	
  s8ll	
  going	
  to	
  have	
  to	
  
wait	
  a	
  week	
  to	
  get?”	
  
=>	
  Bankruptcy.	
  
"Our	
  strong	
  investor	
  base	
  offers	
  a	
  solid	
  
founda5on	
  for	
  boo.com.	
  The	
  fact	
  that	
  
such	
  interna5onal	
  investors	
  have	
  
invested	
  in	
  boo.com	
  reflects	
  the	
  power	
  
of	
  our	
  business	
  model	
  and	
  the	
  boo.com	
  
brand."	
  	
  
	
  
Patrik	
  Hedelin,	
  Execu2ve	
  Chairman.	
  
(Press	
  Release,	
  Nov	
  3	
  1999)	
  
Validated	
  Business	
  Model?	
  
The	
  problem	
  –	
  untested	
  assump8ons!	
  
Visualiza5on	
  of	
  
the	
  business	
  
model	
  framwork	
  
Key	
  ac5vi5es	
  
Partnering,	
  	
  
E-­‐commerce,	
  
Global	
  taxes	
  &	
  
payments,	
  
Marke5ng	
  
Value	
  	
  proposi5on	
  
Fashion	
  and	
  sports	
  online,	
  
Realis5c	
  shopping	
  experience,	
  
“Life-­‐s5le	
  choice”	
  
.	
  
	
  
	
  
Customer	
  
rela5onships	
  
Paid	
  &	
  Earned	
  Media	
  
Visitor	
  numbers,	
  
Conversion	
  rates	
  
	
  
	
  
Customer	
  
segments	
  
“young,	
  well-­‐off,	
  
fashion-­‐	
  conscious	
  
18	
  to	
  24	
  year	
  olds”	
  
	
  	
  
	
  
Cost	
  structure	
  
Call	
  centres,	
  
Return	
  rates,	
  
Inventory	
  
Key	
  
resources	
  
Developers,	
  
Risk	
  capital	
  
Revenue	
  	
  
Streams	
  
Online	
  sales/	
  full	
  retail	
  
price,	
  
CAC	
  &	
  Life5me	
  Value	
  
Channels	
  
Buying	
  online,	
  
Channel	
  conflicts,	
  
Zone	
  pricing	
  
Key	
  partners	
  
Brands,	
  
Warehouses,	
  
Logis5cs	
  
	
  
What’s	
  wrong	
  with	
  this	
  picture?	
  
•  Both	
  Customer	
  Problems	
  and	
  Product	
  Features	
  
are	
  hypotheses	
  
•  Emphasis	
  on	
  execu8on	
  rather	
  than	
  learning	
  and	
  
discovery	
  
•  No	
  relevant	
  milestones	
  for	
  marke8ng	
  and	
  sales	
  
•  Oten	
  leads	
  to	
  premature	
  scaling	
  and	
  a	
  heavy	
  
spending	
  hit	
  if	
  product	
  launch	
  fails	
  
	
  
You	
  do	
  not	
  know	
  if	
  you	
  are	
  wrong	
  un5l	
  you	
  
are	
  out	
  of	
  money/business	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
-­‐ 	
  Create	
  Marcom	
  	
  
	
  	
  Materials	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Posi5oning	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  PR	
  Agency	
  
-­‐	
  Early	
  Buzz	
  
-­‐	
  Create	
  Demand	
  
-­‐	
  Launch	
  Event	
  
-­‐	
  “Branding”	
  
-­‐	
  Build	
  Sales	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Marke5ng	
  
Sales	
   -­‐	
  Hire	
  Sales	
  VP	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  1st	
  	
  Sales	
  Staff	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
-­‐	
  Hire	
  First	
  Bus	
  Dev	
   -­‐	
  Do	
  deals	
  for	
  FCS	
  Business	
  	
  
Development	
  
What	
  We	
  Now	
  Know	
  
Process	
  
	
  
More startups fail from
a lack of customers than from a
failure of product development
Because	
  
•  We	
  have	
  processes	
  to	
  manage	
  	
  
product	
  development	
  
	
  
•  We	
  have	
  no	
  process	
  to	
  manage	
  	
  
”customer	
  development”	
  
	
  
An	
  Inexpensive	
  Fix	
  
Focus	
  on	
  understanding	
  Customers	
  and	
  
Markets	
  from	
  Day	
  One!	
  
Visualiza5on	
  of	
  
the	
  business	
  
model	
  framwork	
  
Key activities
Value proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Problem	
  
Business	
  Model	
  	
  
Hypotheses	
  
Strategy	
  
Process	
   “Customer”	
  &	
  
Agile	
  Development	
  
Opera8ng	
  Plan	
  +	
  
Financial	
  Model	
  
Product	
  Management	
  
&	
  Waterfall	
  Development	
  
Search	
   Execu5on	
  
What	
  We	
  Used	
  to	
  Believe	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Hire and Build a
Functional Organization
What	
  We	
  Now	
  Know	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Founders run an agile
“Customer Development” Team
No sales, marketing and business
development
Business	
  Model	
  	
  
Hypotheses	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Development	
  Team,	
  	
  
Founder-­‐driven	
  
Customer	
  Development,	
  
Agile	
  Development	
  
Opera8ng	
  Plan	
  +	
  
Financial	
  Model	
  
Product	
  Management	
  
Agile	
  or	
  Waterfall	
  Development	
  
Func5onal	
  Organiza5on	
  
	
  by	
  Department	
  
Search	
   Execu5on	
  
Strategy	
  
Process	
  
Business	
  Model	
  	
  
Hypotheses	
  
Organiza5on	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Development	
  Team,	
  	
  
Founder-­‐driven	
  
Customer	
  Development,	
  
Agile	
  Development	
  
Opera8ng	
  Plan	
  +	
  
Financial	
  Model	
  
Product	
  Management	
  
Agile	
  or	
  Waterfall	
  Development	
  
Func8onal	
  Organiza8on	
  
	
  by	
  Department	
  
Search	
   Execu5on	
  
Strategy	
  
Process	
  
 
2.  Business	
  Models	
  
Key activities Value
proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Business	
  Models	
  
hPp://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/	
  
Key activities Value
proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Business	
  Models	
  
hPp://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
 
• 	
  A	
  diagram	
  of	
  components	
  and	
  rela8onships	
  
• 	
  A	
  scorecard	
  for	
  hypothesis	
  tes8ng	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
Customers	
  and	
  problems	
  
Who	
  is	
  the	
  customer?	
  
Mul8-­‐sided	
  market?	
  
Different	
  from	
  user?	
  
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new-­‐value-­‐proposi8on-­‐designer.html	
  
Customers	
  and	
  problems	
  
-­‐	
  jobs	
  to	
  be	
  done	
  
What	
  func8onal	
  jobs	
  is	
  your	
  customer	
  
trying	
  get	
  done?	
  (e.g.	
  perform	
  or	
  
complete	
  a	
  specific	
  task,	
  solve	
  a	
  specific	
  
problem…)	
  
	
  
What	
  social	
  jobs	
  is	
  your	
  customer	
  trying	
  
to	
  get	
  done?	
  (e.g.	
  trying	
  to	
  look	
  good,	
  
gain	
  power	
  or	
  status…)	
  
	
  
What	
  emo8onal	
  jobs	
  is	
  your	
  customer	
  
trying	
  get	
  done?	
  (e.g.	
  esthe8cs,	
  feel	
  good,	
  
security…)	
  
“What	
  jobs	
  are	
  the	
  customers	
  you	
  are	
  
targe2ng	
  trying	
  to	
  get	
  done”	
  
Customers	
  and	
  problems	
  
-­‐	
  customer	
  pains	
  
What	
  does	
  your	
  customer	
  find	
  too	
  costly?	
  
(e.g.	
  takes	
  a	
  lot	
  of	
  8me,	
  costs,	
  effort)	
  	
  
	
  
What	
  makes	
  your	
  customer	
  feel	
  bad?	
  	
  	
  
(e.g.	
  frustra8ons,	
  annoyances)	
  	
  
	
  
How	
  are	
  current	
  solu8ons	
  under-­‐
performing	
  for	
  your	
  customer?	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
(e.g.	
  lack	
  of	
  features,	
  performance,	
  
malfunc8on)	
  	
  
	
  
What	
  nega8ve	
  social	
  consequences	
  does	
  
your	
  customer	
  encounter	
  or	
  fear?	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
(e.g.	
  loss	
  of	
  face,	
  power,	
  trust,	
  or	
  status)	
  	
  
“What	
  are	
  the	
  costs,	
  nega2ve	
  emo2ons,	
  bad	
  
situa2ons	
  etc.	
  that	
  your	
  customer	
  risks	
  
experiencing	
  before,	
  during,	
  and	
  a>er	
  ge?ng	
  
the	
  job	
  done.”	
  
Customers	
  and	
  problems	
  
-­‐	
  customer	
  gains	
  
Which	
  savings	
  would	
  make	
  your	
  customer	
  
happy?	
  (e.g.	
  in	
  terms	
  of	
  8me,	
  money	
  and	
  
effort)	
  
	
  
What	
  would	
  make	
  your	
  customer’s	
  job	
  or	
  
life	
  easier?	
  (e.g.	
  flaPer	
  learning	
  curve,	
  
more	
  services,	
  lower	
  cost	
  of	
  ownership)	
  
	
  
What	
  posi8ve	
  social	
  consequences	
  does	
  
your	
  customer	
  desire?	
  (e.g.	
  makes	
  them	
  
look	
  good,	
  increase	
  in	
  power,	
  status)	
  
	
  
What	
  are	
  customers	
  looking	
  for?	
  (e.g.	
  
good	
  design,	
  guarantees,	
  features)	
  
	
  
What	
  do	
  customers	
  dream	
  about?	
  (e.g.	
  
big	
  achievements,	
  big	
  reliefs)	
  
“What	
  are	
  the	
  benefits	
  your	
  customer	
  
expects,	
  desires	
  or	
  would	
  be	
  surprised	
  by.”	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  Proposi5ons/Solu5on	
  
What	
  are	
  your	
  products	
  and	
  
services?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  they	
  create	
  value	
  for	
  
the	
  customer	
  segments?	
  
Can	
  your	
  product/service:	
  
	
  
•  Produce	
  savings?	
  
•  Make	
  your	
  customers	
  feel	
  
bePer?	
  	
  
•  Put	
  an	
  end	
  to	
  difficul8es?	
  
•  Wipe	
  out	
  nega8ve	
  social	
  
consequences?	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  Proposi5ons/Solu5on	
  
Can	
  your	
  product/service:	
  
	
  
•  Outperform	
  current	
  
solu8ons?	
  	
  
•  Produce	
  outcomes	
  that	
  go	
  
beyond	
  their	
  expecta8ons?	
  	
  
•  Make	
  your	
  customer’s	
  job	
  
or	
  life	
  easier?	
  	
  
•  Create	
  posi8ve	
  social	
  
consequences?	
  	
  
	
  
	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  Proposi5ons/Solu5on	
  
Product	
  Market	
  Fit	
  
Geeng	
  this	
  right	
  is	
  essen8al!	
  
Product	
  Market	
  Fit	
  
Geeng	
  this	
  right	
  is	
  essen8al!	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
How	
  Do	
  You	
  Want	
  Your	
  Product	
  to	
  Get	
  to	
  
Your	
  Customer?	
  
79	
  
Yourself
Through someone else
Retail
Wholesale
Bundled with other goods or services
"
"
"
"
"
Web	
  Channels	
  
80	
  
Physical	
  Channels	
  
81	
  
How	
  Does	
  Your	
  Customer	
  Want	
  to	
  Buy	
  
Your	
  Product	
  from	
  your	
  Channel?	
  
82	
  
•  Same day
•  Delivered and installed
•  Downloaded
•  Bundled with other
products
•  As a service
•  …
"
"
"
"
"
"
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
Customer	
  Rela5onships	
  
Customer	
  Rela5onships	
  
Solu8on	
   Unfair	
  	
  
Advantage	
  
Customer	
  	
  
Segments	
  
Key	
  Metrics	
   Channels	
  
Cost	
  Structure	
   Revenue	
  Streams	
  
Unique	
  Value	
  
Proposi8on	
  
Who	
  are	
  your	
  customers?	
  
	
  
Who	
  are	
  earlyvangelists?	
  
	
  
Problem	
  
Single,	
  clear,	
  compelling	
  	
  
message	
  that	
  states	
  why	
  	
  
you	
  are	
  different	
  and	
  	
  
worth	
  buying	
  from	
  
That	
  can’t	
  be	
  easily	
  	
  
bought,	
  or	
  imitated?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  reach	
  	
  
customers?	
  
	
  
Key	
  features	
  
	
  
MVP	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  customers’	
  
key	
  jobs/pains/gains?	
  
What	
  metrics	
  are	
  	
  
most	
  cri8cal	
  	
  
to	
  track?	
  
Customer	
  Acquisi8on	
  Costs	
  	
  
Distribu8on	
  Costs	
  
Hos8ng	
  
People	
  
etc.	
  	
  
	
  
Fixed/variable	
  
Revenue	
  Model	
  
Life	
  Time	
  Value	
  	
  
Revenue/pricing	
  
etc.	
  
WS	
  
Map	
  out	
  your	
  Business	
  Model	
  
45	
  minutes	
  
Be	
  clear	
  about	
  Product	
  Market	
  Fit!	
  
Tips	
  
Specific >> General
“I believe [type of person]
experiences [problem]
while performing [task]”.
 
3.  Customer	
  Development	
  
To	
  repeat	
  
More	
  startups	
  fail	
  from	
  	
  
a	
  lack	
  of	
  customers	
  than	
  from	
  a	
  
failure	
  of	
  product	
  development…	
  
To	
  repeat	
  
…	
  because	
  they	
  think	
  startups	
  =	
  small	
  companies…	
  
…they	
  focus	
  on	
  execu8ng	
  the	
  plan…	
  
•  Both	
  Customer	
  Problems	
  and	
  Product	
  Features	
  
are	
  hypotheses	
  
•  Emphasis	
  on	
  execu8on	
  rather	
  than	
  learning	
  and	
  
discovery	
  
•  No	
  relevant	
  milestones	
  for	
  marke8ng	
  and	
  sales	
  
•  Oten	
  leads	
  to	
  premature	
  scaling	
  and	
  a	
  heavy	
  
spending	
  hit	
  if	
  product	
  launch	
  fails	
  
	
  
You	
  do	
  not	
  know	
  if	
  you	
  are	
  wrong	
  un5l	
  you	
  
are	
  out	
  of	
  money/business	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
…	
  so	
  they	
  scale	
  on	
  untested	
  assump8ons…	
  
…	
  and	
  end	
  up	
  going	
  bust.	
  
“We	
  have	
  been	
  too	
  visionary.	
  We	
  
wanted	
  everything	
  to	
  be	
  perfect,	
  and	
  
we	
  have	
  not	
  had	
  control	
  of	
  costs"	
  	
  
	
  
Ernst	
  Malmsten	
  
(BBC	
  News,	
  May	
  18	
  2000)	
  
So	
  what	
  to	
  do?	
  
Focus	
  on	
  Customers	
  and	
  Markets	
  from	
  Day	
  
One!	
  
Visualiza5on	
  of	
  
the	
  business	
  
model	
  framwork	
  
Key activities
Value proposition
Customer
relationships
Customer
segments
Cost
structure
Key
resources
Revenue
streams
Channels
Key partners
Product	
  and	
  Customer	
  Development	
  
Product Development
Customer Development
Company
Building
Customer
Discovery
Customer
Validation
Customer
Creation
+
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
Problem:	
  unknown	
   Solu8on:	
  unknown	
  
Product	
  and	
  Customer	
  Development	
  
Customer	
  Development:	
  Key	
  Ideas	
  
•  Parallel	
  process	
  to	
  Product	
  Development	
  (agile)	
  
•  Measurable	
  checkpoints	
  not	
  5ed	
  to	
  FCS	
  but	
  to	
  customer	
  
insights	
  
•  Emphasis	
  on	
  itera5ve	
  learning	
  and	
  discovery	
  before	
  execu5on	
  
•  Must	
  be	
  done	
  by	
  small	
  team	
  including	
  CEO/project	
  leader	
  
Customer	
  Development	
  Heuris8cs	
  
•  There	
  are	
  no	
  facts	
  inside,	
  so	
  get	
  out	
  of	
  the	
  building!	
  	
  
•  Develop	
  for	
  the	
  few,	
  not	
  for	
  the	
  many	
  
•  Earlyvangelists	
  make	
  your	
  company,	
  and	
  are	
  smarter	
  than	
  you!	
  
•  Develop	
  a	
  minimum	
  viable	
  product	
  to	
  maximize	
  fast	
  learning.	
  
•  Nail	
  it	
  before	
  you	
  scale	
  it	
  –	
  low	
  burn	
  by	
  design!	
  
•  Customer	
  Discovery	
  
	
  	
  	
  Ar8culate	
  and	
  Test	
  your	
  Business	
  Model	
  Hypotheses	
  
•  Customer	
  Valida5on	
  
	
  	
  	
  Sell	
  your	
  MVP	
  and	
  Validate	
  your	
  MB	
  &	
  Sales	
  Roadmap	
  
•  Customer	
  Crea5on	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Scale	
  via	
  relentless	
  execu8on	
  and	
  fill	
  the	
  sales	
  pipeline	
  
•  Company	
  Building	
  
	
  	
  	
  (Re)build	
  company’s	
  organiza8on	
  &	
  management	
  
Customer	
  Development:	
  Four	
  Stages	
  
search	
  
execu8on	
  
Customer Discovery
•  Articulate and test
your BM hypotheses
•  No selling, just listening
•  Must be done by CEO/
project manager
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But,	
  
Realize	
  it’s	
  just	
  Hypotheses!	
  
Guess Guess
Guess
Guess
Guess
Guess
Guess
GuessGuess
”Do	
  you	
  have	
  this	
   	
  	
  
problem?” 	
   	
  	
  
1. 	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  
2. 	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  
3. 	
   	
   	
   	
  	
  
Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
”Do	
  you	
  have	
  this	
   	
  ”Tell	
  me	
  about	
  it,	
  how	
   	
  	
  
problem?” 	
   	
  do	
  you	
  solve	
  it	
  today?” 	
  	
  
1. 	
   	
   	
   	
  1. 	
   	
   	
  	
  
2. 	
   	
   	
   	
  2. 	
   	
   	
  	
  
3. 	
   	
   	
   	
  3. 	
   	
   	
  	
  
Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
”Do	
  you	
  have	
  this	
   	
  ”Tell	
  me	
  about	
  it,	
  how	
   	
  ”Does	
  something	
  like	
  this	
  
problem?” 	
   	
  do	
  you	
  solve	
  it	
  today?” 	
  solve	
  your	
  problem?”	
  
1. 	
   	
   	
   	
  1. 	
   	
   	
  1.	
  
2. 	
   	
   	
   	
  2. 	
   	
   	
  2.	
  
3. 	
   	
   	
   	
  3. 	
   	
   	
  3.	
  
Listen	
  carefully	
  to	
  what	
  they	
  say	
  at	
  each	
  step!	
  
	
  
Focus	
  on	
  learning	
  -­‐	
  Don’t	
  try	
  to	
  sell	
  them	
  on	
  your	
  idea!	
  
	
  
In	
  the	
  process	
  you	
  find	
  out	
  about	
  other	
  BM	
  parts	
  as	
  well:	
  
workflow,	
  benefits	
  (to	
  users	
  &	
  others),	
  preferred	
  channels,	
  cri5cal	
  
influencers,	
  respected	
  peers	
  etc…	
  
	
  
You	
  want	
  to	
  become	
  a	
  domain	
  expert!	
  
Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
Tips	
  and	
  examples	
  
Be	
  prepared	
  to	
  go	
  off	
  script	
  
	
  
If	
  users	
  get	
  worked	
  up	
  –	
  don’t	
  stay	
  on	
  script,	
  	
  
but	
  follow	
  their	
  lead	
  and	
  drill	
  down!	
  
	
  
Don’t	
  talk	
  
You	
  should	
  be	
  talking	
  as	
  8Ple	
  as	
  possible!	
  
	
  
Don’t	
  fear	
  ”uncomfortable	
  silence”	
  	
  
(let	
  them	
  break	
  it).	
  
	
  
80/20	
  is	
  a	
  good	
  ra8o	
  to	
  aim	
  for.	
  
Ask	
  brief	
  follow-­‐ups	
  
That	
  sounds	
  expensive/inefficient/painful…	
  
	
  
Tell	
  me	
  more!	
  
	
  
When	
  was	
  the	
  last	
  2me	
  that	
  happened?	
  
	
  
Can	
  you	
  give	
  an	
  example?	
  
	
  
What	
  do	
  you	
  mean	
  by	
  that?	
  
	
  
Can	
  you	
  explain	
  that	
  a	
  liMle	
  more?	
  
	
  
What	
  else	
  do	
  you	
  do?	
  
	
  
How	
  do	
  you	
  feel	
  about	
  that?	
  
	
  
What	
  are	
  you	
  thinking?	
  
Get	
  psyched	
  to	
  hear	
  things	
  you	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
don’t	
  want	
  to	
  hear	
  
Don’t	
  assume	
  things	
  
	
  
	
  
Bad:	
  You	
  love	
  walking	
  your	
  dog!	
  
	
  
Good:	
  How	
  do	
  you	
  feel	
  about	
  walking	
  your	
  dog?	
  
	
  
Even	
  Bener:	
  What	
  was	
  it	
  like	
  the	
  last	
  8me	
  you	
  walked	
  your	
  dog?	
  
If you could wave a magic wand and be
able to do anything that you can’t do today,
what would it be?
(Don’t worry about if it’s possible)
Write	
  up	
  results	
  a.s.a.p.	
  
Take	
  notes.	
  
	
  
Write	
  upp	
  results	
  insights	
  immediately	
  ater	
  the	
  interview!	
  
More	
  interview	
  8ps	
  
	
  
hPp://www.cindyalvarez.com/communica8on/customer-­‐
development-­‐interviews-­‐how-­‐to-­‐what-­‐you-­‐should-­‐be-­‐learning	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
hPp://giffconstable.com/2012/12/12-­‐8ps-­‐for-­‐early-­‐customer-­‐
development-­‐interviews-­‐revision-­‐3/	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
hPp://jasonevanish.com/2012/01/18/how-­‐to-­‐structure-­‐and-­‐
get-­‐the-­‐most-­‐out-­‐of-­‐customer-­‐development-­‐interviews/	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
 
	
  
“nice	
  to	
  
have”	
  
Jackpot!	
  
1.	
  Has	
  a	
  problem	
  
2.	
  Understands	
  he	
  or	
  she	
  has	
  a	
  problem	
  
3.	
  Ac8vely	
  searching	
  for	
  a	
  solu8on	
  
4.	
  Cobbled	
  together	
  an	
  interim	
  solu8on	
  
5.	
  CommiPed	
  funds	
  for	
  a	
  solu8on	
  
Useful	
  people	
  to	
  talk	
  to	
  
Much	
  faster	
  to	
  build	
  =>	
  	
  
get	
  quan8ta8ve	
  feedback	
  sooner.	
  
	
  
Use	
  a	
  low-­‐fi	
  landing	
  page	
  as	
  subs8tute	
  for	
  
(and	
  introduc8on	
  to)	
  conversa8ons.	
  
	
  
Key	
  to	
  drive	
  traffic	
  through	
  AdWords/
Facebook	
  Ads/Promoted	
  Tweets	
  etc.	
  
	
  
Build	
  (design	
  test),	
  measure	
  (run	
  test)	
  and	
  
analyze	
  (evaluate	
  test)!	
  	
  
Web	
  
hPp://blog.kissmetrics.com/landing-­‐page-­‐blueprint/	
  
Landing	
  page	
  design	
  
Test	
  Solu8on	
  Hypothesis	
  
1)	
  ”We	
  believe	
  you	
  have	
  this	
  important	
  problem”	
  	
  
	
  	
  –	
  listen	
  (check).	
  
	
  	
  
2)	
  Demo	
  how	
  your	
  product	
  solves	
  the	
  problem.	
  Focusing	
  
on	
  a	
  few	
  key	
  features.	
  
	
  
Include	
  workflow	
  story:	
  ”life	
  	
  before	
  our	
  product”	
  and	
  	
  
”life	
  ater	
  our	
  product”	
  –	
  listen!	
  
	
  
3)	
  ”What	
  would	
  this	
  solu8on	
  need	
  to	
  have	
  for	
  you	
  to	
  
purchase	
  it?”	
  Listen,	
  ask	
  follow	
  up	
  ques8ons.	
  
Dropbox	
  
•  1st	
  solu8on	
  test:	
  a	
  three	
  minute	
  video	
  made	
  in	
  the	
  
founder’s	
  apartment	
  before	
  a	
  complete	
  code	
  was	
  
wriPen.	
  
–  Generated	
  valuable	
  feedback	
  from	
  visionary	
  customers.	
  
•  2nd	
  solu8on	
  test:	
  another	
  video	
  of	
  the	
  product	
  that	
  was	
  
posted	
  on	
  a	
  social	
  network.	
  
–  Wai8ng	
  list	
  jumped	
  from	
  5	
  000	
  to	
  75	
  000.	
  
•  Dropbox’s	
  original	
  intent	
  was	
  to	
  build	
  and	
  ship	
  their	
  
product	
  in	
  eight	
  weeks.	
  	
  
•  Instead,	
  they	
  gathered	
  feedback	
  and	
  launched	
  a	
  public	
  
version	
  18	
  months	
  later.	
  
Test Product Hypotheses	
  
Ater	
  demoing,	
  ask	
  about	
  other	
  things:	
  	
  
Posi8oning	
  –	
  how	
  do	
  they	
  describe	
  the	
  product?	
  
Product	
  category	
  (new,	
  exis8ng,	
  resegmented)	
  
Compe8tors	
  
Features	
  needed	
  for	
  first	
  version	
  
Preferred	
  revenue	
  model	
  
Pricing	
  
Addi8onal	
  service	
  needs	
  
Marke8ng	
  –	
  how	
  do	
  they	
  find	
  this	
  type	
  of	
  product?	
  
Purchasing	
  process	
  
Who	
  has	
  a	
  budget?	
  
etc.	
  
Build	
  out	
  a	
  high-­‐fidelity	
  web	
  page	
  with	
  “func8oning”	
  
back-­‐end,	
  based	
  on	
  lessons	
  learned.	
  	
  
	
  
“Mechanical	
  Turk”-­‐solu8on.	
  
	
  
Ask	
  for	
  money:	
  first	
  “pre-­‐order”	
  then	
  charging.	
  
	
  
Con8nue	
  to	
  test,	
  measure	
  and	
  analyze!	
  	
  
Web	
  
Consistent	
  answers	
  from	
  “enough”	
  people?	
  
What	
  are	
  your	
  customers	
  top	
  problems?	
  
How	
  much	
  will	
  they	
  pay	
  to	
  solve	
  them?	
  
Does	
  your	
  product	
  concept	
  solve	
  them?	
  
Do	
  customers	
  agree?	
  	
  
How	
  much	
  will	
  they	
  pay	
  for	
  it?	
  When?	
  
Can	
  you	
  draw	
  a	
  day-­‐in-­‐the-­‐life	
  of	
  a	
  customer?	
  
Before	
  &	
  ater	
  your	
  product	
  
Can	
  you	
  draw	
  the	
  org	
  charts	
  of	
  users,	
  buyers	
  
and	
  channels?	
  	
  
Customer	
  Discovery:	
  Exit	
  Criteria	
  
Customer Validation
•  Develop	
  and	
  sell	
  MVP	
  to	
  passionate	
  earlyvangelists	
  
•  Validate	
  a	
  repeatable	
  sales	
  roadmap	
  
•  Verify	
  the	
  business	
  model	
  
Based	
  on	
  your	
  insights	
  from	
  Customer	
  Discovery,	
  sell	
  
the	
  smallest	
  feature	
  set	
  customers	
  are	
  willing	
  to	
  pay	
  
for!	
  
	
  
•  Purpose	
  1:	
  Reduce	
  wasted	
  engineering	
  hours	
  	
  
	
  (and	
  wasted	
  code)	
  
	
  
•  Purpose	
  2:	
  Get	
  something	
  into	
  the	
  hands	
  of	
  
earlyvangelists	
  as	
  soon	
  as	
  possible	
  =>	
  maximize	
  
learning!	
  (cf.	
  landing	
  page)	
  
Minimal	
  Viable	
  Product	
  
The	
  Apple	
  I,	
  Apple’s	
  first	
  product,	
  was	
  sold	
  as	
  an	
  assembled	
  circuit	
  
board	
  and	
  lacked	
  basic	
  features	
  such	
  as	
  a	
  keyboard,	
  monitor,	
  and	
  
case.	
  	
  
The	
  owner	
  of	
  this	
  unit	
  added	
  a	
  keyboard	
  and	
  a	
  wooden	
  case.	
  
hPp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.	
  
Minimal	
  Viable	
  Product	
  
hPp://37signals.com/svn/posts/2963-­‐what-­‐happens-­‐to-­‐user-­‐experience-­‐in-­‐a-­‐minimum-­‐viable-­‐
The	
  MVP	
  is	
  not	
  the	
  goal	
  =	
  Requires	
  commitment	
  
to	
  itera8on!	
  
	
  
•  “A	
  complex	
  system	
  that	
  works	
  is	
  invariably	
  
found	
  to	
  have	
  evolved	
  from	
  a	
  simple	
  system	
  
that	
  worked.”	
  
	
  
•  “A	
  complex	
  system	
  designed	
  from	
  scratch	
  
never	
  works	
  and	
  cannot	
  be	
  made	
  to	
  work.	
  
You	
  have	
  to	
  start	
  over,	
  beginning	
  with	
  a	
  
working	
  simple	
  system.”	
  
Minimal	
  Viable	
  Product	
  
John	
  Gall	
  System-­‐an8cs:	
  How	
  Systems	
  Really	
  Work	
  and	
  Especially	
  How	
  They	
  Fail	
  
Do	
  you	
  have	
  a	
  proven	
  sales	
  roadmap?	
  
Organiza8on	
  chart?	
  Influence	
  map?	
  
No	
  staffing	
  un8l	
  roadmap	
  is	
  proven!	
  
	
  
Do	
  you	
  have	
  a	
  set	
  of	
  orders	
  ($’s)	
  of	
  the	
  
product	
  valida8ng	
  the	
  roadmap?	
  
	
  
Is	
  the	
  business	
  model	
  scalable?	
  
LTV	
  >	
  CAC	
  
Customer	
  Valida8on:	
  Exit	
  Criteria	
  
If	
  yes	
  –	
  Start	
  execu8ng	
  
If	
  no	
  –	
  Pivot!	
  
• 	
  The	
  heart	
  of	
  Customer	
  Development	
  
• 	
  Change	
  without	
  crisis	
  	
  
	
  	
  (and	
  without	
  firing	
  execu8ves)	
  
“The	
  idea	
  that	
  successful	
  startups	
  change	
  direc2ons	
  but	
  
stay	
  grounded	
  in	
  what	
  they've	
  learned”	
  
YouTube - Customer Need Pivot
Pivot	
  
Adapt	
  the	
  Business	
  Model	
  
un8l	
  you	
  can	
  prove	
  it	
  
works	
  
search	
  
execu8on	
  
•  Grow	
  customers	
  from	
  few	
  to	
  many	
  
•  Comes	
  ater	
  proof	
  of	
  sales	
  
•  Inject	
  $’s	
  for	
  scale	
  
•  This	
  is	
  where	
  you	
  “cross	
  the	
  chasm”	
  
	
  
Customer	
  Crea8on	
  
•  (Re)build	
  company’s	
  organiza8on	
  &	
  management	
  
•  Dev.-­‐centric	
  ⇒	
  Mission-­‐centric	
  ⇒	
  Process-­‐centric	
  
Company Building
•  Customer	
  Discovery	
  
	
  	
  	
  Ar8culate	
  and	
  Test	
  your	
  Business	
  Model	
  Hypotheses	
  
•  Customer	
  Valida5on	
  
	
  	
  	
  Sell	
  your	
  MVP	
  and	
  Validate	
  your	
  BM	
  &	
  Sales	
  Roadmap	
  
•  Customer	
  Crea5on	
  
	
  	
  	
  	
  Scale	
  via	
  relentless	
  execu8on	
  and	
  fill	
  the	
  sales	
  pipeline	
  
•  Company	
  Building	
  
	
  	
  	
  (Re)build	
  company’s	
  organiza8on	
  &	
  management	
  
Summary	
  –	
  Customer	
  Development	
  
Don’t	
  do	
  a	
  Boo!	
  
Concept	
   Product	
  Dev.	
   Alpha/Beta	
  
Test	
  
Launch/	
  
1st	
  Ship	
  
“We	
  have	
  been	
  too	
  visionary.	
  We	
  
wanted	
  everything	
  to	
  be	
  perfect,	
  and	
  
we	
  have	
  not	
  had	
  control	
  of	
  costs"	
  	
  
	
  
Ernst	
  Malmsten	
  
(BBC	
  News,	
  May	
  18	
  2000)	
  
 
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
by	
  Steve	
  Blank	
  and	
  Bob	
  Dorf	
  
	
  
More	
  info:	
  www.steveblank.com	
  
Buy	
  the	
  book:	
  hPp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984999302/	
  	
  
Presenta8on	
  based	
  on	
  
 
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
developed	
  by	
  Steve	
  Blank	
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Startup camp chalmers innovation 19 september 2014

  • 1.                 Henrik  Berglund   Chalmers  University  of  Technology   Center  for  Business  Innova8on   henber@chalmers.se   www.henrikberglund.com   @khberglund      Business  Models/Customer  Development     2013-­‐09-­‐19   1  
  • 2. Agenda   1.  Startups  vs  Companies   2.  Business  Models   3.  Customer  Development  
  • 3.   1.  Startups  vs  Companies  
  • 5. What’s  a  Company?   A  business  organiza5on,  that  sells  a  product   or  service  in  exchange  for  revenue  and  profit  
  • 6. How  are  Companies  organized?  
  • 7. How  are  Companies  organized?   Companies  are  organized  around               Business  Models  
  • 9. 9   Nespresso machines" retail" mail" order" Nespresso" .com" call" center" Nespresso stores" households" business" 1 x machine" sales" repetitive pod sales" distribution channels" coffee" production facilites" production" B2C distribution" brand" marketing" brand"patents" machine manufacturer" production" B2C distribution" brand" marketing" Nespresso club" brand" brand" Nespresso pods" Example:  Nespresso  
  • 11. What’s  a  Startup?   A  temporary  organiza8on     designed  to  search     for  a  repeatable  and  scalable  business  model  
  • 12. What’s  a  Startup?   A  temporary  organiza8on     designed  to  search     for  a  repeatable  and  scalable  business  model  
  • 13. What’s  a  Startup?   A  temporary  organiza8on     designed  to  search     for  a  repeatable  and  scalable  business  model  
  • 14. Business  Models   Visualiza5on  of   the  business   model  framwork   Key activities ?? Value proposition ?? Customer relationships ?? Customer segments ?? Cost structure ?? Key resources ?? Revenue streams ?? Channels ?? Key partners ??
  • 16.                        Startups  ≠  Small  companies  
  • 18. What  We  Used  to  Believe   Strategy  
  • 19.   Start by developing a Business Plan…
  • 20.   …make the financial forecasts…
  • 22. What  We  Now  Know   Strategy    
  • 24.   Develop and Execute the Business Plan
  • 25. Why?
  • 26. No Business Plan survives first contact with customers
  • 27. “Everybody  has  a  plan  un5l  they  get  punched  in  the  face”      Mike  Tyson  
  • 28. Searching for a Business Model comes before Executing a business plan
  • 30. Solu8on   Unfair  Advantage   Customer  Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Type:   Asset  sales   Usage  fee   Subscrip8on  fees   Lending/Ren8ng/Leasing   Licensing   Brokerage  fees   Adver8sing   Fixed  Pricing:   List  price   Product  feature   Customer  segment   Volume   Dynamic  Pricing   Nego8a8on   Yield  management   Real-­‐8me  market   Interview  30-­‐50  customers   Build  MVP   Ongoing  burn  (fixed  and  variable  costs)          Direct        Distributor        OEM        Retail        VAR        Web   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Alterna8ves   Customers;  Users   Early  Adopters   Why  you  are  different  and  worth    geeng  aPen8on     Result  customers  want        +  specific  period  of  8me        +  address  objec8ons   Acquisi8on   Ac8va8on   Reten8on   Revenue   Referral   Not  easily  copied  or  bought   Problem   Alterna8ves  
  • 31. Business  Model     Hypotheses   Search   Strategy   Execu5on   Opera5ng  Plan  +   Financial  Model  
  • 32. What  We  Used  to  Believe   Process  
  • 33. We  Built  Startups  by     Managing  Processes   Product  Management   +   Waterfall  Engineering  
  • 34. Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   Tradi8onal  Development  Process    
  • 35. Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   Tradi8onal  Development  Process   Has  Two  Implicit  Assump8ons  
  • 36. Tradi8onal  Development  Process   Has  Two  Implicit  Assump8ons   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   Customer  Problem:  known   Product  Features:  known   Works  well  for  incremental  development  projects   targe5ng  exis5ng  customers.  
  • 37. Tradi8on  –  Hire  Marke8ng   -­‐   Create  Marcom        Materials   -­‐  Create  Posi5oning   -­‐  Hire  PR  Agency   -­‐  Early  Buzz   -­‐  Create  Demand   -­‐  Launch  Event   -­‐  “Branding”   Marke5ng   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship  
  • 38. Tradi8on  –  Hire  Sales   -­‐   Create  Marcom        Materials   -­‐  Create  Posi5oning   -­‐  Hire  PR  Agency   -­‐  Early  Buzz   -­‐  Create  Demand   -­‐  Launch  Event   -­‐  “Branding”   -­‐  Build  Sales   Organiza5on   Marke5ng   Sales   -­‐  Hire  Sales  VP   -­‐  Hire  1st    Sales  Staff   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship  
  • 39. Tradi8on  –  Hire  Business  Development   -­‐   Create  Marcom        Materials   -­‐  Create  Posi5oning   -­‐  Hire  PR  Agency   -­‐  Early  Buzz   -­‐  Create  Demand   -­‐  Launch  Event   -­‐  “Branding”   -­‐  Build  Sales   Organiza5on   Marke5ng   Sales   -­‐  Hire  Sales  VP   -­‐  Hire  1st    Sales  Staff   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   -­‐  Hire  First  Bus  Dev   -­‐  Do  deals  for  FCS  Business     Development  
  • 40. Example  -­‐  Recognize  these?   Online  clothes  retailer  specialized  in   fashion  and  sports  (e.g.  Adidas,  Fila,  Vans,   Converse,  DKNY  and  Fred  Perry).     Raised  $160  million  (JP  Morgan,  Goldman   Sachs,  Bernard  Arnault,  BenePon  +  six).   Developed  an  innova8ve  site  with  3D,   zoom,  360⁰  rota8on  and  virtual   mannequins,  powered  by  lots  of  JavaScript   and  Flash  Anima8ons.   Rapidly  grew  to  420  people  and  spent   heavily  on  PR  pre  launch.   Delayed  launch  repeatedly  due  to   technological  problems.   Finally  launched  in  18  countries   simultaneously    8:59  November  3  1999  EST.  
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  • 42. What  happened?   40  %  of  visitors  could  not  access  the  site.     Mac  users  could  not  operate  the  site  at  all.     The  site  was  very  difficult  to  use  and  full  of   errors,  oten  causing  computers  to  freeze.       Extremely  slow  to  load  without  broadband.   Only  one  in  four  aPempts  to  make  a   purchase  worked.     Low  conversion  rates  (0.25%).   Conversion  rates  did  double  by  Christmas.   30%  returns,  not  10%  as  projected.   A  “low-­‐bandwidth  version”  was  relaunched   within  months.   But  low  sales  +  high  costs    “Eighty-­‐one  minutes     to  pay  too  much  money   for  a  pair  of  shoes  that  I   am  s8ll  going  to  have  to   wait  a  week  to  get?”   =>  Bankruptcy.  
  • 43. "Our  strong  investor  base  offers  a  solid   founda5on  for  boo.com.  The  fact  that   such  interna5onal  investors  have   invested  in  boo.com  reflects  the  power   of  our  business  model  and  the  boo.com   brand."       Patrik  Hedelin,  Execu2ve  Chairman.   (Press  Release,  Nov  3  1999)   Validated  Business  Model?  
  • 44. The  problem  –  untested  assump8ons!   Visualiza5on  of   the  business   model  framwork   Key  ac5vi5es   Partnering,     E-­‐commerce,   Global  taxes  &   payments,   Marke5ng   Value    proposi5on   Fashion  and  sports  online,   Realis5c  shopping  experience,   “Life-­‐s5le  choice”   .       Customer   rela5onships   Paid  &  Earned  Media   Visitor  numbers,   Conversion  rates       Customer   segments   “young,  well-­‐off,   fashion-­‐  conscious   18  to  24  year  olds”         Cost  structure   Call  centres,   Return  rates,   Inventory   Key   resources   Developers,   Risk  capital   Revenue     Streams   Online  sales/  full  retail   price,   CAC  &  Life5me  Value   Channels   Buying  online,   Channel  conflicts,   Zone  pricing   Key  partners   Brands,   Warehouses,   Logis5cs    
  • 45. What’s  wrong  with  this  picture?   •  Both  Customer  Problems  and  Product  Features   are  hypotheses   •  Emphasis  on  execu8on  rather  than  learning  and   discovery   •  No  relevant  milestones  for  marke8ng  and  sales   •  Oten  leads  to  premature  scaling  and  a  heavy   spending  hit  if  product  launch  fails     You  do  not  know  if  you  are  wrong  un5l  you   are  out  of  money/business   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship  
  • 46. -­‐   Create  Marcom        Materials   -­‐  Create  Posi5oning   -­‐  Hire  PR  Agency   -­‐  Early  Buzz   -­‐  Create  Demand   -­‐  Launch  Event   -­‐  “Branding”   -­‐  Build  Sales   Organiza5on   Marke5ng   Sales   -­‐  Hire  Sales  VP   -­‐  Hire  1st    Sales  Staff   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   -­‐  Hire  First  Bus  Dev   -­‐  Do  deals  for  FCS  Business     Development  
  • 47. What  We  Now  Know   Process    
  • 48. More startups fail from a lack of customers than from a failure of product development
  • 49. Because   •  We  have  processes  to  manage     product  development     •  We  have  no  process  to  manage     ”customer  development”    
  • 51. Focus  on  understanding  Customers  and   Markets  from  Day  One!   Visualiza5on  of   the  business   model  framwork   Key activities Value proposition Customer relationships Customer segments Cost structure Key resources Revenue streams Channels Key partners
  • 52. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Problem  
  • 53. Business  Model     Hypotheses   Strategy   Process   “Customer”  &   Agile  Development   Opera8ng  Plan  +   Financial  Model   Product  Management   &  Waterfall  Development   Search   Execu5on  
  • 54. What  We  Used  to  Believe   Organiza5on  
  • 55. Hire and Build a Functional Organization
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  • 58. What  We  Now  Know   Organiza5on  
  • 59. Founders run an agile “Customer Development” Team No sales, marketing and business development
  • 60. Business  Model     Hypotheses   Organiza5on   Customer     Development  Team,     Founder-­‐driven   Customer  Development,   Agile  Development   Opera8ng  Plan  +   Financial  Model   Product  Management   Agile  or  Waterfall  Development   Func5onal  Organiza5on    by  Department   Search   Execu5on   Strategy   Process  
  • 61. Business  Model     Hypotheses   Organiza5on   Customer     Development  Team,     Founder-­‐driven   Customer  Development,   Agile  Development   Opera8ng  Plan  +   Financial  Model   Product  Management   Agile  or  Waterfall  Development   Func8onal  Organiza8on    by  Department   Search   Execu5on   Strategy   Process  
  • 65. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 66.   •   A  diagram  of  components  and  rela8onships   •   A  scorecard  for  hypothesis  tes8ng  
  • 67. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 68. Customers  and  problems   Who  is  the  customer?   Mul8-­‐sided  market?   Different  from  user?   hPp://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/2012/08/achieve-­‐product-­‐market-­‐fit-­‐with-­‐our-­‐brand-­‐ new-­‐value-­‐proposi8on-­‐designer.html  
  • 69. Customers  and  problems   -­‐  jobs  to  be  done   What  func8onal  jobs  is  your  customer   trying  get  done?  (e.g.  perform  or   complete  a  specific  task,  solve  a  specific   problem…)     What  social  jobs  is  your  customer  trying   to  get  done?  (e.g.  trying  to  look  good,   gain  power  or  status…)     What  emo8onal  jobs  is  your  customer   trying  get  done?  (e.g.  esthe8cs,  feel  good,   security…)   “What  jobs  are  the  customers  you  are   targe2ng  trying  to  get  done”  
  • 70. Customers  and  problems   -­‐  customer  pains   What  does  your  customer  find  too  costly?   (e.g.  takes  a  lot  of  8me,  costs,  effort)       What  makes  your  customer  feel  bad?       (e.g.  frustra8ons,  annoyances)       How  are  current  solu8ons  under-­‐ performing  for  your  customer?                             (e.g.  lack  of  features,  performance,   malfunc8on)       What  nega8ve  social  consequences  does   your  customer  encounter  or  fear?                   (e.g.  loss  of  face,  power,  trust,  or  status)     “What  are  the  costs,  nega2ve  emo2ons,  bad   situa2ons  etc.  that  your  customer  risks   experiencing  before,  during,  and  a>er  ge?ng   the  job  done.”  
  • 71. Customers  and  problems   -­‐  customer  gains   Which  savings  would  make  your  customer   happy?  (e.g.  in  terms  of  8me,  money  and   effort)     What  would  make  your  customer’s  job  or   life  easier?  (e.g.  flaPer  learning  curve,   more  services,  lower  cost  of  ownership)     What  posi8ve  social  consequences  does   your  customer  desire?  (e.g.  makes  them   look  good,  increase  in  power,  status)     What  are  customers  looking  for?  (e.g.   good  design,  guarantees,  features)     What  do  customers  dream  about?  (e.g.   big  achievements,  big  reliefs)   “What  are  the  benefits  your  customer   expects,  desires  or  would  be  surprised  by.”  
  • 72. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 73. Unique  Value  Proposi5ons/Solu5on   What  are  your  products  and   services?     How  do  they  create  value  for   the  customer  segments?  
  • 74. Can  your  product/service:     •  Produce  savings?   •  Make  your  customers  feel   bePer?     •  Put  an  end  to  difficul8es?   •  Wipe  out  nega8ve  social   consequences?   Unique  Value  Proposi5ons/Solu5on  
  • 75. Can  your  product/service:     •  Outperform  current   solu8ons?     •  Produce  outcomes  that  go   beyond  their  expecta8ons?     •  Make  your  customer’s  job   or  life  easier?     •  Create  posi8ve  social   consequences?         Unique  Value  Proposi5ons/Solu5on  
  • 76. Product  Market  Fit   Geeng  this  right  is  essen8al!  
  • 77. Product  Market  Fit   Geeng  this  right  is  essen8al!  
  • 78. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 79. How  Do  You  Want  Your  Product  to  Get  to   Your  Customer?   79   Yourself Through someone else Retail Wholesale Bundled with other goods or services " " " " "
  • 82. How  Does  Your  Customer  Want  to  Buy   Your  Product  from  your  Channel?   82   •  Same day •  Delivered and installed •  Downloaded •  Bundled with other products •  As a service •  … " " " " " "
  • 83. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 86. Solu8on   Unfair     Advantage   Customer     Segments   Key  Metrics   Channels   Cost  Structure   Revenue  Streams   Unique  Value   Proposi8on   Who  are  your  customers?     Who  are  earlyvangelists?     Problem   Single,  clear,  compelling     message  that  states  why     you  are  different  and     worth  buying  from   That  can’t  be  easily     bought,  or  imitated?     How  do  you  reach     customers?     Key  features     MVP   What  are  you  customers’   key  jobs/pains/gains?   What  metrics  are     most  cri8cal     to  track?   Customer  Acquisi8on  Costs     Distribu8on  Costs   Hos8ng   People   etc.       Fixed/variable   Revenue  Model   Life  Time  Value     Revenue/pricing   etc.  
  • 87. WS  
  • 88. Map  out  your  Business  Model   45  minutes  
  • 89. Be  clear  about  Product  Market  Fit!  
  • 90. Tips   Specific >> General “I believe [type of person] experiences [problem] while performing [task]”.
  • 93. More  startups  fail  from     a  lack  of  customers  than  from  a   failure  of  product  development…   To  repeat  
  • 94. …  because  they  think  startups  =  small  companies…  
  • 95. …they  focus  on  execu8ng  the  plan…   •  Both  Customer  Problems  and  Product  Features   are  hypotheses   •  Emphasis  on  execu8on  rather  than  learning  and   discovery   •  No  relevant  milestones  for  marke8ng  and  sales   •  Oten  leads  to  premature  scaling  and  a  heavy   spending  hit  if  product  launch  fails     You  do  not  know  if  you  are  wrong  un5l  you   are  out  of  money/business   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship  
  • 96. …  so  they  scale  on  untested  assump8ons…  
  • 97. …  and  end  up  going  bust.   “We  have  been  too  visionary.  We   wanted  everything  to  be  perfect,  and   we  have  not  had  control  of  costs"       Ernst  Malmsten   (BBC  News,  May  18  2000)  
  • 98. So  what  to  do?  
  • 99.
  • 100. Focus  on  Customers  and  Markets  from  Day   One!   Visualiza5on  of   the  business   model  framwork   Key activities Value proposition Customer relationships Customer segments Cost structure Key resources Revenue streams Channels Key partners
  • 101. Product  and  Customer  Development   Product Development Customer Development Company Building Customer Discovery Customer Validation Customer Creation + Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship  
  • 102. Problem:  unknown   Solu8on:  unknown   Product  and  Customer  Development  
  • 103. Customer  Development:  Key  Ideas   •  Parallel  process  to  Product  Development  (agile)   •  Measurable  checkpoints  not  5ed  to  FCS  but  to  customer   insights   •  Emphasis  on  itera5ve  learning  and  discovery  before  execu5on   •  Must  be  done  by  small  team  including  CEO/project  leader  
  • 104. Customer  Development  Heuris8cs   •  There  are  no  facts  inside,  so  get  out  of  the  building!     •  Develop  for  the  few,  not  for  the  many   •  Earlyvangelists  make  your  company,  and  are  smarter  than  you!   •  Develop  a  minimum  viable  product  to  maximize  fast  learning.   •  Nail  it  before  you  scale  it  –  low  burn  by  design!  
  • 105. •  Customer  Discovery        Ar8culate  and  Test  your  Business  Model  Hypotheses   •  Customer  Valida5on        Sell  your  MVP  and  Validate  your  MB  &  Sales  Roadmap   •  Customer  Crea5on          Scale  via  relentless  execu8on  and  fill  the  sales  pipeline   •  Company  Building        (Re)build  company’s  organiza8on  &  management   Customer  Development:  Four  Stages   search   execu8on  
  • 106. Customer Discovery •  Articulate and test your BM hypotheses •  No selling, just listening •  Must be done by CEO/ project manager
  • 108. But,   Realize  it’s  just  Hypotheses!  
  • 110.
  • 111.
  • 112. ”Do  you  have  this       problem?”       1.           2.           3.           Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
  • 113. ”Do  you  have  this    ”Tell  me  about  it,  how       problem?”    do  you  solve  it  today?”     1.        1.         2.        2.         3.        3.         Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
  • 114. ”Do  you  have  this    ”Tell  me  about  it,  how    ”Does  something  like  this   problem?”    do  you  solve  it  today?”  solve  your  problem?”   1.        1.      1.   2.        2.      2.   3.        3.      3.   Listen  carefully  to  what  they  say  at  each  step!     Focus  on  learning  -­‐  Don’t  try  to  sell  them  on  your  idea!     In  the  process  you  find  out  about  other  BM  parts  as  well:   workflow,  benefits  (to  users  &  others),  preferred  channels,  cri5cal   influencers,  respected  peers  etc…     You  want  to  become  a  domain  expert!   Test Customer Problem Hypotheses
  • 116. Be  prepared  to  go  off  script     If  users  get  worked  up  –  don’t  stay  on  script,     but  follow  their  lead  and  drill  down!    
  • 117. Don’t  talk   You  should  be  talking  as  8Ple  as  possible!     Don’t  fear  ”uncomfortable  silence”     (let  them  break  it).     80/20  is  a  good  ra8o  to  aim  for.  
  • 118. Ask  brief  follow-­‐ups   That  sounds  expensive/inefficient/painful…     Tell  me  more!     When  was  the  last  2me  that  happened?     Can  you  give  an  example?     What  do  you  mean  by  that?     Can  you  explain  that  a  liMle  more?     What  else  do  you  do?     How  do  you  feel  about  that?     What  are  you  thinking?  
  • 119. Get  psyched  to  hear  things  you             don’t  want  to  hear  
  • 120. Don’t  assume  things       Bad:  You  love  walking  your  dog!     Good:  How  do  you  feel  about  walking  your  dog?     Even  Bener:  What  was  it  like  the  last  8me  you  walked  your  dog?  
  • 121. If you could wave a magic wand and be able to do anything that you can’t do today, what would it be? (Don’t worry about if it’s possible)
  • 122. Write  up  results  a.s.a.p.   Take  notes.     Write  upp  results  insights  immediately  ater  the  interview!  
  • 123. More  interview  8ps     hPp://www.cindyalvarez.com/communica8on/customer-­‐ development-­‐interviews-­‐how-­‐to-­‐what-­‐you-­‐should-­‐be-­‐learning         hPp://giffconstable.com/2012/12/12-­‐8ps-­‐for-­‐early-­‐customer-­‐ development-­‐interviews-­‐revision-­‐3/           hPp://jasonevanish.com/2012/01/18/how-­‐to-­‐structure-­‐and-­‐ get-­‐the-­‐most-­‐out-­‐of-­‐customer-­‐development-­‐interviews/          
  • 124.     “nice  to   have”   Jackpot!   1.  Has  a  problem   2.  Understands  he  or  she  has  a  problem   3.  Ac8vely  searching  for  a  solu8on   4.  Cobbled  together  an  interim  solu8on   5.  CommiPed  funds  for  a  solu8on   Useful  people  to  talk  to  
  • 125. Much  faster  to  build  =>     get  quan8ta8ve  feedback  sooner.     Use  a  low-­‐fi  landing  page  as  subs8tute  for   (and  introduc8on  to)  conversa8ons.     Key  to  drive  traffic  through  AdWords/ Facebook  Ads/Promoted  Tweets  etc.     Build  (design  test),  measure  (run  test)  and   analyze  (evaluate  test)!     Web  
  • 127.
  • 128. Test  Solu8on  Hypothesis   1)  ”We  believe  you  have  this  important  problem”        –  listen  (check).       2)  Demo  how  your  product  solves  the  problem.  Focusing   on  a  few  key  features.     Include  workflow  story:  ”life    before  our  product”  and     ”life  ater  our  product”  –  listen!     3)  ”What  would  this  solu8on  need  to  have  for  you  to   purchase  it?”  Listen,  ask  follow  up  ques8ons.  
  • 129.
  • 130. Dropbox   •  1st  solu8on  test:  a  three  minute  video  made  in  the   founder’s  apartment  before  a  complete  code  was   wriPen.   –  Generated  valuable  feedback  from  visionary  customers.   •  2nd  solu8on  test:  another  video  of  the  product  that  was   posted  on  a  social  network.   –  Wai8ng  list  jumped  from  5  000  to  75  000.   •  Dropbox’s  original  intent  was  to  build  and  ship  their   product  in  eight  weeks.     •  Instead,  they  gathered  feedback  and  launched  a  public   version  18  months  later.  
  • 131.
  • 132. Test Product Hypotheses   Ater  demoing,  ask  about  other  things:     Posi8oning  –  how  do  they  describe  the  product?   Product  category  (new,  exis8ng,  resegmented)   Compe8tors   Features  needed  for  first  version   Preferred  revenue  model   Pricing   Addi8onal  service  needs   Marke8ng  –  how  do  they  find  this  type  of  product?   Purchasing  process   Who  has  a  budget?   etc.  
  • 133. Build  out  a  high-­‐fidelity  web  page  with  “func8oning”   back-­‐end,  based  on  lessons  learned.       “Mechanical  Turk”-­‐solu8on.     Ask  for  money:  first  “pre-­‐order”  then  charging.     Con8nue  to  test,  measure  and  analyze!     Web  
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  • 138. Consistent  answers  from  “enough”  people?   What  are  your  customers  top  problems?   How  much  will  they  pay  to  solve  them?   Does  your  product  concept  solve  them?   Do  customers  agree?     How  much  will  they  pay  for  it?  When?   Can  you  draw  a  day-­‐in-­‐the-­‐life  of  a  customer?   Before  &  ater  your  product   Can  you  draw  the  org  charts  of  users,  buyers   and  channels?     Customer  Discovery:  Exit  Criteria  
  • 139. Customer Validation •  Develop  and  sell  MVP  to  passionate  earlyvangelists   •  Validate  a  repeatable  sales  roadmap   •  Verify  the  business  model  
  • 140. Based  on  your  insights  from  Customer  Discovery,  sell   the  smallest  feature  set  customers  are  willing  to  pay   for!     •  Purpose  1:  Reduce  wasted  engineering  hours      (and  wasted  code)     •  Purpose  2:  Get  something  into  the  hands  of   earlyvangelists  as  soon  as  possible  =>  maximize   learning!  (cf.  landing  page)   Minimal  Viable  Product  
  • 141. The  Apple  I,  Apple’s  first  product,  was  sold  as  an  assembled  circuit   board  and  lacked  basic  features  such  as  a  keyboard,  monitor,  and   case.    
  • 142. The  owner  of  this  unit  added  a  keyboard  and  a  wooden  case.   hPp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.  
  • 143.
  • 144. Minimal  Viable  Product   hPp://37signals.com/svn/posts/2963-­‐what-­‐happens-­‐to-­‐user-­‐experience-­‐in-­‐a-­‐minimum-­‐viable-­‐
  • 145. The  MVP  is  not  the  goal  =  Requires  commitment   to  itera8on!     •  “A  complex  system  that  works  is  invariably   found  to  have  evolved  from  a  simple  system   that  worked.”     •  “A  complex  system  designed  from  scratch   never  works  and  cannot  be  made  to  work.   You  have  to  start  over,  beginning  with  a   working  simple  system.”   Minimal  Viable  Product   John  Gall  System-­‐an8cs:  How  Systems  Really  Work  and  Especially  How  They  Fail  
  • 146. Do  you  have  a  proven  sales  roadmap?   Organiza8on  chart?  Influence  map?   No  staffing  un8l  roadmap  is  proven!     Do  you  have  a  set  of  orders  ($’s)  of  the   product  valida8ng  the  roadmap?     Is  the  business  model  scalable?   LTV  >  CAC   Customer  Valida8on:  Exit  Criteria  
  • 147. If  yes  –  Start  execu8ng  
  • 148. If  no  –  Pivot!   •   The  heart  of  Customer  Development   •   Change  without  crisis        (and  without  firing  execu8ves)   “The  idea  that  successful  startups  change  direc2ons  but   stay  grounded  in  what  they've  learned”  
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  • 151. YouTube - Customer Need Pivot
  • 152.
  • 153. Pivot   Adapt  the  Business  Model   un8l  you  can  prove  it   works  
  • 155. •  Grow  customers  from  few  to  many   •  Comes  ater  proof  of  sales   •  Inject  $’s  for  scale   •  This  is  where  you  “cross  the  chasm”     Customer  Crea8on  
  • 156. •  (Re)build  company’s  organiza8on  &  management   •  Dev.-­‐centric  ⇒  Mission-­‐centric  ⇒  Process-­‐centric   Company Building
  • 157. •  Customer  Discovery        Ar8culate  and  Test  your  Business  Model  Hypotheses   •  Customer  Valida5on        Sell  your  MVP  and  Validate  your  BM  &  Sales  Roadmap   •  Customer  Crea5on          Scale  via  relentless  execu8on  and  fill  the  sales  pipeline   •  Company  Building        (Re)build  company’s  organiza8on  &  management   Summary  –  Customer  Development  
  • 158. Don’t  do  a  Boo!   Concept   Product  Dev.   Alpha/Beta   Test   Launch/   1st  Ship   “We  have  been  too  visionary.  We   wanted  everything  to  be  perfect,  and   we  have  not  had  control  of  costs"       Ernst  Malmsten   (BBC  News,  May  18  2000)  
  • 159.                 by  Steve  Blank  and  Bob  Dorf     More  info:  www.steveblank.com   Buy  the  book:  hPp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984999302/     Presenta8on  based  on  
  • 160.                         developed  by  Steve  Blank  and  Bob  Dorf     hPp://www.slideshare.net/sblank/       Using  slides  from  
  • 161.                         Chalmers  University  of  Technology   Center  for  Business  Innova8on   www.henrikberglund.com   Follow  me  on  twiner:  @khberglund       Henrik  Berglund   2013-­‐09-­‐19   161