The document outlines several key themes in the technology entrepreneurship literature, including identifying the factors that influence technology firm formation, the consequences of technology entrepreneurship on socio-economic development, processes that occur within small tech firms, and the interdependence between small firms and external infrastructure. It notes that the field has focused more on small firms than larger ones and has not substantially contributed to other fields like economics or management. Definitions of technology entrepreneurship include the organization, management, and risk bearing of a technology-based business.
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Technology Entrepreneurship - Short introductory course
1. Technology
Entrepreneurship
20.04.-‐24.04.2015
teaching
@
h;p://www.technikum-‐wien.at
Short
introductory
course
(including
Business
Model
Canvas
and
Value
ProposiJon
Design)
MSc, Sergej Lugović, MBA
Polytechnic of Zagreb,
h#ps://twi#er.com/sergejlugovic
h#ps://www.linkedin.com/in/sergejlugovic
h#p://www.slideshare.net/lugovicsergej
3. • “entrepreneurship
is
the
process
by
which
individuals
pursue
opportuniJes
without
regard
to
the
resources
they
currently
control”
• proposed
by
HBS
professor
Howard
Stevenson
poin<ng
that
such
a
defini<on
bridges
the
gap
between
“independent
entrepreneurship”
and
“entrepreneurship
within
and
exis<ng
organiza<on”.
• Professor
Stevenson
was
a
entrepreneur
by
himself
in
a
way
as
he
raised
more
then
440
M
US$
for
HBS
in
funding.
25. Eric
Reis
(Lean
start-‐up)
“We
are
living
through
an
unprecedented
worldwide
entrepreneurial
renaissance,
but
this
opportunity
is
laced
with
peril.
Because
we
lack
a
coherent
management
paradigm
for
new
innova7ve
ventures,
we’re
throwing
our
excess
capacity
around
with
wild
abandon.
Despite
this
lack
of
rigor,
we
are
finding
some
ways
to
make
money,
but
for
every
success
there
are
far
too
many
failures:
products
pulled
from
shelves
mere
weeks
a9er
being
launched,
high-‐
profile
startups
lauded
in
the
press
and
forgo;en
a
few
months
later,
and
new
products
that
wind
up
being
used
by
nobody.
What
makes
these
failures
parDcularly
painful
is
not
just
the
economic
damage
done
to
individual
employees,
companies,
and
investors;
they
are
also
a
colossal
waste
of
our
civiliza7on’s
most
precious
resource:
the
7me,
passion,
and
skill
of
its
people.”
26. Extracts from
Technology
Entrepreneurship:
Overview,
DefiniJon,
and
DisJncJve
Aspects
Tony
BaileW
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review
February
2012
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
27. BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
28. The
technology
entrepreneurship
literature
is
dominated
by
a
theme
that
focuses
on
iden7fying
the
antecedents
(factors)
of
technology
firm
forma7on.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
29. Another
theme
addresses
the
consequences
of
technology
entrepreneurship.
It
focuses
on
how,
why,
and
when
technology
entrepreneurship
affects
the
socio-‐
economic
development
of
a
region.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
30. Two
other
themes
address
what
occurs
inside
small
firms
engaged
in
technology
entrepreneurship
and
another
theme
focuses
on
the
interdependence
between
small-‐firm
ini7a7ves
and
the
external
infrastructure
that
contributes
to
science
and
technology
advances.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
31. The
technology
entrepreneurship
literature
has
focused
more
on
small
technology
firms
than
mid-‐sized
and
large
firms.
Scholarly
work
on
technology
entrepreneurship
has
not
contributed
substanDally
to
other
fields
such
as
economics,
entrepreneurship,
or
management.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
32. BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
34. Organizaon,
management,
and
risk
bearing
of
a
technology
based
business
(Nicholas
and
Armstrong;
2003;
nyurl.com/7tv9pdq)
****************************************
Soluons
in
search
of
problems
(Venkataraman
and
Sarasvathy,
2000;
nyurl.com/7ufaes4)
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
35. Establishment
of
a
new
technology
venture
(Jones-‐
Evans,
1995;
nyurl.com/7vfgww7)
***************************************
Ways
in
which
entrepreneurs
draw
on
resources
and
structures
to
exploit
emerging
technology
opportunies
(Liu
et
al.,
2005;
nyurl.com/
6mgecu8)
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
36. Joint
efforts
to
interpret
ambiguous
data,
joint
understanding
to
sustain
technology
efforts,
and
persistent,
coordinated
endeavor
to
accomplish
technological
change
(Jelinek,
1996;
nyurl.com/
783jc4n)
***************************************
An
agency
that
is
distributed
across
different
kinds
of
actors,
each
of
which
becomes
involved
with
a
technology
and,
in
the
process,
generates
inputs
that
result
in
the
transformaon
of
an
emerging
technological
path
(Garud
and
Karnøe,
2003;
nyurl.com/6pdm8bn)
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
37. New
one
proposed
by
Tony
BaileW
Technology
entrepreneurship
is
an
investment
in
a
project
that
assembles
and
deploys
specialized
individuals
and
heterogeneous
assets
that
are
intricately
related
(complex
relaDonship)
to
advances
in
scienDfic
and
technological
knowledge
for
the
purpose
of
creaDng
and
capturing
value
for
a
firm.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
38. Four
elements
of
definion
1.
UlJmate
outcomes.
Value
creaon
and
capture
are
idenfied
as
two
outcomes
of
technology
entrepreneurship
because
the
sources
that
create
value
and
the
sources
that
capture
value
may
not
be
the
same
over
the
long
run.
2.
Target
of
the
ulJmate
outcomes.
The
firm
is
idenfied
as
the
target
organizaon
for
which
value
is
created
and
captured.
3.
Mechanism
used
to
deliver
the
ulJmate
outcomes.
Investment
in
a
project
is
the
mechanism
mobilized
to
create
and
capture
value.
A
project
is
a
stock
of
resources
(i.e.,
specialized
individuals
and
heterogeneous
assets)
commi#ed
to
deliver
the
two
ulmate
outcome
types
for
a
period
of
me.
4.
Interdependence
of
this
mechanism
with
scienJfic
and
technological
advances.
The
individuals
involved
in
a
project
influence
and
are
influenced
by
advances
in
relevant
scienfic
and
technology
knowledge.
The
project
exploits
or
explores
scienfic
and
technology
knowledge.
External
and
internal
individuals
and
organizaons
co-‐produce
the
project’s
outputs.
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
39. so
definion
proposed
above:
...
Emphasizes
that
technology
entrepreneurship
is
about
creang
and
capturing
value
for
the
firm
through
projects
that
combine
specialists
and
assets
to
produce
and
adopt
technology
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
40. Highlights
the
collaborave
experimentaon
and
producon
of
new
products,
new
assets,
and
their
a#ributes,
which
are
intricately
(complex)
linked
to
scienfic
and
technology
advances
and
the
firm’s
asset
ownership
rights
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
41. Specifies
that
technology
entrepreneurship
may
entail
projects
that
search
for
problems
or
applicaons
for
a
parcular
technology,
launch
new
ventures,
introduce
new
applicaons,
and
exploit
opportunies
that
rely
on
scienfic
and
technical
knowledge
provided
that
their
ulmate
outcome
is
to
create
and
capture
value
for
the
firm
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
42. Clarifies
that
technology
entrepreneurship
is
not
about
the
general
management
pracces
used
to
operate
small
businesses
owned
by
engineers
or
sciensts
or
just
about
small
businesses
BaileW,
T.
(2012).
Technology
entrepreneurship:
overview,
definion,
and
disncve
aspects.
Technology
InnovaDon
Management
Review,
2(2).
43. Technology Ventures book
• Technology
entrepreneurship
is
about
creaon
of
the
venture
that
capitalize
on
technological
changes
and
that
will
have
a
significant
impact.
• It’s
more
about
radical
or
transforming
innovaon
then
new
regulaon
or
restructuring
of
business
processes.
• By
being
radical
and
employing
transforming
innovaon
into
real
life,
may
provide
the
entrepreneur
with
an
important
opportunity
to
make
a
producve
and
significant
contribuon
to
the
world,
as
we
know
it.
• Entrepreneurs
idenfy
and
select
opportunies
that
match
their
skills
and
interests
they
acquire
and
mobilize
financial,
physical
and
human
resources;
and
they
start
and
grow
organizaons,
cognizant
of
their
broader
context.
• Entrepreneurs
are
multalented
individuals
who
leverage
their
capabilies
and
interests
to
pursue
a
parcular
opportunity,
almost
always
with
the
help
of
a
team.
44. Spiegel,
M.,
Marxt,
C.
(2011,
December).
Defining
Technology
Entrepreneurship.
In
Industrial
Engineering
and
Engineering
Management
(IEEM),
2011
IEEE
InternaDonal
Conference
on
(pp.
1623-‐1627).
IEEE.
45. • Shane
and
Venkataraman
stated
that
the
arDcles
examine
“the
process
by
which
entrepreneurs
assemble
organizaDonal
resources
and
technical
systems,
and
the
strategies
used
by
entrepreneurial
firms
to
pursue
opportuniDes”
Spiegel,
M.,
Marxt,
C.
(2011,
December).
Defining
Technology
Entrepreneurship.
In
Industrial
Engineering
and
Engineering
Management
(IEEM),
2011
IEEE
InternaDonal
Conference
on
(pp.
1623-‐1627).
IEEE.
46. Phan
described
in
the
Journal
of
Business
Venturing
(2004)
that
“TE
research
occurs
at
many
levels
of
analyses.
At
the
individual
level,
the
focus
is
on
scienst/entrepreneurs,
venture
capitalists,
and
other
individuals
that
iniate
and
drive
technological
innovaon.
At
the
organizaonal
level,
the
research
is
on
the
technological
teams,
structures,
processes,
and
interorganizaonal
linkages
that
impact
value
creaon.
At
the
systems
level,
it
is
about
the
resources
exchanged
among
different
players
in
the
ecology
of
value
creaon,
which
includes
governing
factors
such
as
government
technology
and
compeon
policy,
industry
standards,
and
the
economics
of
geographical
locaons.
The
research
is
thus
necessarily
interdisciplinary
and
mullevel.”
Spiegel,
M.,
Marxt,
C.
(2011,
December).
Defining
Technology
Entrepreneurship.
In
Industrial
Engineering
and
Engineering
Management
(IEEM),
2011
IEEE
InternaDonal
Conference
on
(pp.
1623-‐1627).
IEEE.
47. Defining
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Spiegel Marxt
• Technology
Entrepreneurship
invesgates
all
quesons
related
to
the
successful
formaon,
exploitaon
and
renewal
of
products,
services
and
processes
in
technology-‐oriented
firms.
To
do
so
researchers
in
TE
apply
different
perspecves
and
levels
of
granularity
to
invesgate
the
queson,
how
technology-‐
oriented
companies
can
build,
sustain
or
expand
their
compeve
posion
in
an
ever-‐changing
environment.
This
includes
new
technology-‐
based
firms
(NTBF’s)
as
well
as
incumbent
technology-‐based
firms
(ITBF’s).
Spiegel,
M.,
Marxt,
C.
(2011,
December).
Defining
Technology
Entrepreneurship.
In
Industrial
Engineering
and
Engineering
Management
(IEEM),
2011
IEEE
InternaDonal
Conference
on
(pp.
1623-‐1627).
IEEE.
48. Entrepreneurship
According
To
Drucker:
Your
12
Keys
To
Success
–
Part
1
• Those
who
perform
love
what
they’re
doing
• Successful
entrepreneurs
do
not
wait
un7l
“the
Muse
kisses
them”
and
gives
them
a
bright
idea;
they
go
to
work
• What
is
our
business?
• Who
is
the
customer?
• Neither
studies
nor
market
research
nor
computer
modeling
is
a
subs7tute
for
the
test
of
reality
• Measure
innova7ons
by
what
they
contribute
to
market
and
customer
h#p://www.forbes.com/sites/ericwagner/2013/05/07/entrepreneurship-‐according-‐to-‐drucker-‐your-‐12-‐keys-‐to-‐
success/
02.05.2015
49. Entrepreneurship
According
To
Drucker:
Your
12
Keys
To
Success
–
Part
2
• O9en
a
prescrip7on
drug
designed
for
a
specific
ailment
ends
up
being
used
for
some
other
quite
different
ailment
• Innova7ve
ideas
are
like
frogs’
eggs:
of
a
thousand
hatched,
only
one
or
two
survive
to
maturity
• All
one
has
to
do
is
learn
to
say
‘no’
if
an
ac7vity
contributes
nothing
• In
the
Next
Society’s
corpora7on,
top
management
will
be
the
company.
Everything
else
can
be
outsourced
• Most
of
the
people
who
persist
in
the
wilderness
leave
nothing
behind
but
bleached
bones
• Finding
and
realizing
the
poten7al
of
a
business
is
psychologically
difficult
h#p://www.forbes.com/sites/ericwagner/2013/05/07/entrepreneurship-‐according-‐to-‐drucker-‐your-‐12-‐keys-‐to-‐
success/
02.05.2015
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J.
F.,
Sviokla,
J.
J.
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virtual
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52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
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S.
(2013).
Why
the
lean
start-‐up
changes
everything.
Harvard
Business
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91(5),
63-‐72.
61. What
lean
Start-‐ups
Do
Differently
Blank,
S.
(2013).
Why
the
lean
start-‐
up
changes
everything.
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Business
Review,
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63-‐72.
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Responsive
Development
Blank,
S.
(2013).
Why
the
lean
start-‐up
changes
everything.
Harvard
Business
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65. Disciplined
Entrepreneurship
• Formulate
a
Working
Hypothesis
• Assemble
Resources
• Design
and
Run
Experiments
the
model
can
help
entrepreneurs
structure
their
thinking
about
managing
the
uncertainty
inherent
in
trying
something
new
Disciplined
Entrepreneurship
Magazine:
Fall
2004
•
Research
Feature
•
October
15,
2004
•
Donald
N.
Sull
A
working
hypothesis
will
contain
implicit
and
explicit
assumpons
about
mulple
variables
—
including
technology,
customer
demand,
compeve
response
and
the
availability
of
resources
—
each
of
which
is
uncertain.
KEEP
IT
FLUID
BE
SURE
YOU
HAVE
THE
RIGHT
TO
AN
OPINION
IDENTIFY
DEAL
KILLERS
AND
BIG
BETS
66. Lugović,
S.,
Špiranec,
S.
(2013).
Mutaon
of
Capital
in
the
Informaon
Age:
Insights
from
the
Music
Industry.
The
Future
of
InformaDon
Sciences.
67. IHOP
Idea
–
Hypothesis
–
Opportunity
-‐
Problem
Market
driven
Technology
driven
Create Value
Capture Value
68. Business Model Canvas
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
69. The
9
Building
Blocks
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
73. Value could be created by:
• Newness
-‐
sasfy
an
enrely
new
set
of
needs
that
customers
previously
didn’t
perceive
because
there
was
no
similar
offering
• Performance
-‐
Improving
product
or
service
performance
• CustomizaJon
-‐
tailoring
products
and
services
to
the
specific
needs
of
individual
customers
or
customer
segments
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
82. Types of Resoures
• Physical
• Intellectual
• Human
• Financial
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
84. Key Categories of Activities
• ProducJon
- relate
to
designing,
making,
and
delivering
a
product
• Problem
solving
- coming
up
with
new
soluons
to
individual
customer
problems.
• Plajorm/network
- relate
to
plaworm
management,
service
provisioning,
and
plaworm
promoon.
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
86. MoJvaJons
for
creaJng
partnerships
• OpJmizaJon
and
economy
of
scale
-‐
formed
to
reduce
costs,
and
oxen
involve
outsourcing
or
sharing
infrastructure.
• ReducJon
of
risk
and
uncertainty
-‐
can
help
reduce
risk
in
a
compeve
environment
characterized
by
uncertainty
(competors
to
form
a
strategic
alliance
in
one
area
while
compeng
in
another)
• AcquisiJon
of
parJcular
resources
and
acJviJes
-‐
by
relying
on
other
firms
to
furnish
parcular
resources
or
perform
certain
acvies
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
88. Costs work out
• Cost
or
Value
Driven
– Cost-‐driven
business
models
focus
on
minimizing
costs
wherever
possible
– less
concerned
with
the
cost
implicaons
of
a
parcular
business
model
design,
and
instead
focus
on
value
creaon
• Cost
Structures
– Fixed
costs
-‐
remain
the
same
despite
the
volume
of
goods
or
services
produced
– Variable
costs
-‐
vary
proporonally
with
the
volume
of
goods
or
services
produced
– Economies
of
scale
–
increase
output
– Economies
of
scope
–
increase
scope
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
89. Apple
iPod/iTunes
Business
Model
Extracted from h#p://www.businessmodelgeneraon.com/downloads/businessmodelgeneraon_preview.pdf
92. The
Value
Proposion
Canvas
has
two
sides.
Customer
Profile
- clarify
your
customer
understanding.
Value
Map
- describe
how
you
intend
to
create
value
for
that
customer.
Fit
between
the
two
when
one
meets
the
other.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
94. Customer
Jobs
• FuncJonal
jobs
-‐
perform
or
complete
a
specific
task
or
solve
a
specific
problem
• Social
jobs
-‐
describe
how
customers
want
to
be
perceived
by
others
• Personal/emoJonal
jobs
-‐
specific
emoonal
state
• SupporJng
jobs
-‐
purchasing
and
consuming
value
(buyer
creator
or
transfer
of
value)
• Job
context
-‐
depend
on
the
specific
context
in
which
they
are
performed.
The
context
may
impose
certain
constraints
or
limitaons.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
95. Customer
Pains
• Undesired
outcomes,
problems,
and
characterisJcs
-‐
funcJonal
(e.g.,
a
soluon
doesn’t
work,
doesn’t
work
well,
or
has
negave
side
effects),
social
(“I
look
bad
doing
this”),
emoJonal
(“I
feel
bad
every
me
I
do
this”),
or
ancillary
(supporJng)
(“It’s
annoying
to
go
to
the
store
for
this”).
• Obstacles
-‐
prevent
customers
from
even
geWng
started
with
a
job
or
that
slow
them
down
• Risks
(undesired
potenJal
outcomes)
-‐
What
could
go
wrong
and
have
important
negave
consequences
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
96. Customer
Gains
• Required
gains
-‐
gains
without
which
a
soluon
wouldn’t
work
• Expected
gains
-‐
basic
gains
that
we
expect
from
a
soluon,
even
if
it
could
work
without
them
• Desired
gains
-‐
gains
that
go
beyond
what
we
expect
from
a
soluon
but
would
love
to
have
if
we
could
• Unexpected
gains
-‐
gains
that
go
beyond
customer
expectaons
and
desires.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
98. Products
and
Services
• Physical/tangible
- Goods,
such
as
manufactured
products.
• Intangible
- Products
such
as
copyrights
or
services
such
as
axer-‐sales
assistance.
• Digital
-Products
such
as
music
downloads
or
services
such
as
online
recommendaons.
• Financial
- Products
such
as
investment
funds
and
insurances
or
services
such
as
the
financing
of
a
purchase.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
99. Pain
Relievers
• Pain
relievers
describe
how
exactly
your
products
and
services
alleviate specific
customer
pains.
They
explicitly
outline
how
you
intend
to
eliminate
or
reduce
some
of
the
things
that
annoy
your
customers
before,
during,
or
axer
they
are
trying
to
complete
a
job
or
that
prevent
them
from
doing
so.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
100. Gain
Creators
• Gain
Creators
describe
how
your
products
and
services
create
customer
gains.
They
explicitly
outline
how
you
intend
to
produce
outcomes
and
benefits
that
your
customer
expects,
desires,
or
would
be
surprised
by,
including
funconal
ulity,
social
gains,
posive
emoons,
and
cost
savings.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
101. Fit
You
achieve
fit
when
customers
get
excited
about
your
value
proposion,
which
happens
when
you
address
important
jobs,
alleviate
extreme
pains,
and
create
essenal
gains
that
customers
care
about.
As
we
will
explain
throughout
this
book,
Fit
is
hard
to
find
and
maintain.
Striving
for
fit
is
the
essence
of
value
proposion
design.
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design
102. Gains
Jobs
Pains
Product and
Services
Gain Creators
Pain
Relievers
The
Value
ProposiJon
Canvas
extracted
from
h#ps://strategyzer.com/value-‐proposion-‐design