Author
Alexander Osterwalder is an entrepreneur, speaker and business model innovator. Together with Professor Yves Pigneur he co-authored Business Model Generation, a global bestseller on the topic of business model innovation. His Business Model Canvas, a tool to visualize, challenge and (re-) invent business models is used by leading organizations around the world.
Osterwalder is a frequent keynote speaker and has held guest lectures in top universities around the world, including Stanford, Berkeley, IESE and IMD. The Business Model Foundry, his current start-up, is building strategic tools for innovators. The Business Model Toolbox for iPad is the Foundry's first application.
Osterwalder holds a PhD from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a founding member of The Constellation, a global not-for-profit organization aiming to make HIV/AIDS and Malaria history.
Related Links: http://www.businessmodelalchemist.com/
Last Updated: Thu, Jan 12, 2012
| Category | Title | Author/Speaker | Organization | Length | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Video | Mapping Customer Pains to Value Proposition | Alexander Osterwalder · Steve Blank | Author | 04:28 | 01/2012 |
| Video | Sketching Out a Business Model | Alexander Osterwalder | Author | 05:55 | 01/2012 |
| Video | Talking About Business Models | Alexander Osterwalder | Author | 03:09 | 01/2012 |
| Video | The Business Model Canvas | Alexander Osterwalder | Author | 03:32 | 01/2012 |
| Podcast | Tools for Business Model Generation | Alexander Osterwalder · Steve Blank | Author | 54:28 | 01/2012 |
| Video | Tools for Business Model Generation [Entire Talk] | Alexander Osterwalder · Steve Blank | Author | 53:20 | 01/2012 |
| Video | Using Business Models to Beat the Competition | Alexander Osterwalder · Steve Blank | Author | 04:30 | 01/2012 |
Business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder lays out reasons to map a product or service's value proposition with the actual pains customers face. Using building blocks from his business model canvas framework, Osterwalder maps the relationship and discusses, with interviewer Steve Blank, how value is created.
Author and business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder sketches out a commodities business model with the help of Stanford students. The exercise examines the impact of customer segments, branding, logistics and value proposition on Nestle's Nespresso line of espresso machines and coffee capsules.
Author and entrepreneur Alexander Osterwalder explains the challenge in defining and discussing business models around the world. Osterwalder also describes his journey from academia to application in building a shared, visual language for articulating and testing business models.
Alexander Osterwalder shares a short video to explain the structure of his business model canvas framework. Emphasizing the importance of searching for a business model, Osterwalder says, "Great products are becoming a commodity. It's the combination between great products and a great business model that is going to keep you ahead of the competition in the coming decade." 
Entrepreneur and business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder discusses dynamic, yet simple-to-use tools for visualizing, challenging and re-inventing business models. Osterwalder articulates how to use the visual language of his business model canvas framework, and shares stories of how this approach helps organizations of all sizes to better create, deliver and capture value.
Entrepreneur and business model innovator Alexander Osterwalder discusses dynamic, yet simple-to-use tools for visualizing, challenging and re-inventing business models. Osterwalder articulates how to use the visual language of his business model canvas framework, and shares stories of how this approach helps organizations of all sizes to better create, deliver and capture value.
Author Alexander Osterwalder and serial entrepreneur Steve Blank discuss the importance blending a strong, clear story with the building blocks of the business model canvas to out perform competitors. Osterwalder also elaborates on the power of pattern recognition in developing new models.