Fab Lab Business Models

Robin Good: LeanLaunchLab is a new web-based service which allows a team to develop and track multiple hypothesis for a business model.

 

The visual approach utilized by Ben Mappen, is similar to that of the Business Model Canvas of Alex Osterwalder, allows the user to easily input business model key variables and to establish task and actions to be taken. 

 

Key features:

Visualize your business model using the canvas
  Track hypotheses and experiments
  Store customer interviews in one place
  Keep advisors, investors, & managers in the loop.

 

Free for teams of 2 or less: https://www.leanlaunchlab.com/users/sign_up

 

Find out more: https://www.leanlaunchlab.com/ 

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This is an examplar case of the real issues when thinking of scaling.  Business has to grow outside the FabLab, we're told. But creating an environment where those businesses can grow is actually a business in itself.

From the official site: Cont3nt.com is a realtime marketplace for entrepreneurial media and video journalism.

 

From Gigaom: "...a startup called Cont3nt.com is creating a way for publishers to discover and license videos shot by professionals in parts of the world that are difficult to cover.

 

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enabling videographers and photographers to license their content to news agencies by giving them full control of the transaction... 

 

One big advantage of the Cont3nt platform is that it gives more money back to the content provider. While other marketplaces command as much as 50 or 60 percent of the license fee for content, Cont3nt takes a maximum of 5 percent per transaction."

 

Full review: http://gigaom.com/video/cont3nt/ 

 

Join the beta: http://cont3nt.com/join-the-beta/ 

 

More info:  http://cont3nt.com/ 

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Aizon.me is a free web-based tool that has been designed to help entrepreneurs and startuppers organize, plan and structure their new activity.

Aizon.me is made up of four modules that take care of specific areas including:

 

1) ocoach - online coach.

Here you can find a checklist to start your business, a to-do list to help you with completing planned tasks, and a progress chart to keep you on track.

 

2) sb.plan – (simplified business plan)

This is a simple and useful tool for collecting your thoughts, prioritizing your actions, and planning your business strategy.

 

3) b.model
The Business Model Canvas, is a strategic management and entrepreneurial tool. It allows you to describe, design, challenge, invent, and pivot your business model. It is a visual template pre-formatted with the nine blocks of a business model. 

 

4) bm.chart

This is a page populated by four charts focusing on Profitability, Revenues (bu Customer Segment or by Stream), Costs. It helps the user estimate his market size, revenue streams, and costs — faster than any spreadsheet and it allows you to

test the profitability of your ideas with a quick reporting dashboard.

 

Find out more: http://aizon.me/ 

 

(Reviewed by Robin Good)

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