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The Hub is Open to the World - What Now?
We opened up the Hub to the world as THE reference point to discuss business models and business model innovation.
We are going to work on the structure and content of the Hub over the following weeks. What you see now is an emerging structure - we very much believe in live iterations, as we did with Business Model Generation.
Tell us how we should shape the Hub!
We are going to work on the structure and content of the Hub over the following weeks. What you see now is an emerging structure - we very much believe in live iterations, as we did with Business Model Generation.
Tell us how we should shape the Hub!
- What would be most valuable to you on the Hub?
- What would YOU want to share on the Hub?
- How can we create value for the business model community?
- What "jobs" can the Hub help get done?
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Permalink Reply by Eirik V Johnsen on -
Off the cuff, on a bouncy train. So a bit brief and straight off the cuff. But the news are so great that I cannot wait with my first $0.02 worth:
What would be most valuable to you on the Hub?
Case studies, discussions, examples, examples, examples. Reference material, someone to discuss with, library of relevant material, best practices: In short - all the wonderful, creative ways that people are using the Canvas and BMG learnings .
What would YOU want to share on the Hub?
As much as possible from my day to day work and the learnings from using the canvas and the BMG work in daily life. It would probably work best for me if it was a private community that was not indexed by Google.
How can we create value for the business model community?
Moderate the discussion, bring your expertise to the community, publish research papers and distill the learning from the community
What "jobs" can the Hub help get done?
I think that most practitioners work in fairly small workgroups. I have certainly been very inspired by all the experiences shared during the book process. So the hub is great as a meeting place for practitioners :-)
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Permalink Reply by Alex Osterwalder on -
Excellent, Eirik. Thanks for sharing. I think it will be difficult for us to keep it out of Google...
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Permalink Reply by Frank Elbers on -
You can set the robots.txt file on your webserver to tell Google to skip the indexing process for the Hub.
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Permalink Reply by Deborah Mills-Scofield on -
What would be most valuable to you on the Hub?
Case studies – from various sectors, private, public, 4-profit, not-4-profit, etc. Successes AND failures – it would be great to learn about cases where the biz model isn’t currently working and why so it needs to be redone, which is obvious, but also cases where the biz model was re-invented and didn’t work and why (e.g., wrong assumptions, poor implementation, etc.); lists of links/library of reference studies, materials, etc. too
What would YOU want to share on the Hub?
I would be glad to share case studies (ones that worked and didn’t) – in some cases I may have to make the company anonymous but I think folks would understand that. I’d share my thoughts, learnings, questions and provide anything worthwhile
How can we create value for the business model community?
Provide your own case studies, research, opinions, what you’re doing now!
What "jobs" can the Hub help get done?
Share and test ideas, help solve problems, get input on hard challenges I might be facing with my clients, my business. Create a sense of community – the balance will be the level of sharing we’ve had and growing large…from people who are doing it – I’d value the input more when it’s from folks that are doing vs. just thinking about it
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Permalink Reply by Alex Osterwalder on
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Excellent points, Deborah. Eirik and you are right about the case studies we can work on together. I also very much like the idea of a community of practice where we can get feedback on particular issues from peers...
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Permalink Reply by Frank Elbers on
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What would be most valuable to you on the Hub?
Discussing insights on business models, business model innovation, examples, reference, literature, and a lot more... I will be egocentric in that way that my master thesis research is on the topic of business model innovation and that I will search input/value everywhere. Maybe a kind of business model?
What would YOU want to share on the Hub?
Academic literature on business models is being published a lot more and due to my research work on BM I will be able to link to new and unpublished papers on the topic. Next to that I can possibly share some outcomes of my thesis research.
How can we create value for the business model community?
Write opinion and discussion articles based on the content of the community. Your experience and expertise can be input for discussions and output from the hub can be abstracted so that it is easily accessible.
What "jobs" can the Hub help get done?
One of the most valuable jobs that the hub can support is the feedback from many practitioners in the field of BMgen. Nowhere is such a large group found together.
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Permalink Reply by Alex Osterwalder on
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Building up a "research section" is definitely something I'd like us to focus on - to support practice, of course.
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Permalink Reply by Vesela Koleva on
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Congratulation for HUB 2.0. That's Great.
What would be most valuable to you on the Hub?
Case study from various branches, both: successful and unsuccessful examples. This will help me to see: what is the reason one business model to be successfully implemented and other unsuccessfully. Discussion, reference, useful link, library
What would YOU want to share on the Hub?
I’ll be very glad to share with HUB my practical experience in Business Model Innovation, case studies, my observation of different kind of problems during business model implementation and possible solution. I’d share my knowledge, thoughts, ideas and any useful information in the area of BMI
How can we create value for the business model community?
Share your experience, opinion, problems-solution, research papers, and novelty in the area of BMI
What "jobs" can the Hub help get done?
Support, collaboration and feedback from practitioners in the area of BMI
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Permalink Reply by Andrew Taylor on -
Alex, thanks for launching the hub and coordinating the book. Great stuff.
While early aspirations for on-line communities involve lots of content requests -- more models, more case studies, more reports, and such -- I'd be really eager to find more connections among those on the system. The ability to cluster by interest area (nonprofits, public sector, start-up, whatever), and perhaps by geographic area, would help us find each other more effectively.
Also, since content is rather essential to drawing people into the hub and getting them to return and contribute, I might suggest a few video interviews or podcasts with interesting people along the themes of the book. These can be reasonably quickly and cheaply done, and don't need to be highly produced.
But adding video Q&A would bring a lot of these great issues to life. Best of luck!
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