1-2-1 Lean Canvas
1-2-1 Lean Canvas
1-2-1 Lean Canvas
Duration: 1 hour
Topics for Discussion
!Lean Startup Methodology
!Lean Canvas
!Startup risk
!Assignment
Concept (2008)
Book (2011)
Developed with hightech companies in mind
PRINCIPLES
Evidence-based
(scientific
methodology)
Customer
development
(Validated
learning)
Agile
development
(iterative product
releases)
LEAN
STARTUP
LEAN CANVAS
HOW TO APPROACH
Brainstorm
possible
customer
segments
Choose top 2
or 3
segments
Sketch 1
canvas per
segment
LEARN THE
DIFFERENCE
CUSTOMER
USER
8
7
5
6
WHATS THE
PROBLEM?
Top 1 -3
problems
Jobs to be done
Not necessarily
Existing
alternatives
competitors
WHOS THE
CUSTOMER?
Main customer segment
Other
Early
user roles Adopters
THE ESSENCE
Who
What
Why
UVP
UNIQUE VALUE
PROPOSITION
Why youre different and
worth getting attention
UVP TIPS
Make sure difference
matters
Target early adopters
Focus on finished story
benefits (end result)
POSSIBLE FIXES
Top
feature
Top
feature
Top
feature
Simplest
thing to
build
FIND POTENTIAL
CUSTOMERS
NOW
L AT E R
Free
Inbound
Manual (direct)
Direct
Retention
Paid
Outbound
Automated
Indirect
Referral
START CHARGING
EARLY
Top
customer
problems
VALUE
Problem
worth
solving
WHY?
1.Price is part of product
2.Price defines your
customers
3.GETTING PAID IS FIRST
FORM OF VALIDATION!
FROM GROUND UP
Start from present
Fixed and variable costs
Breakeven point
BY THE NUMBERS
Measure progress
Identify hot spots
PIRATE METRICS
TRUE
DIFFERENTIATORS
A real unfair advantage
is something that
cannot be easily copied
or bought.
- Jason Cohen
EXAMPLES
Insider information
Expert endorsements
A dream team
Personal authority
Large network effects
Community
Existing customers
Risk
Existence of more
than one possibility
Uncertainty where
some possibilities
involve undesirable
outcomes
STARTUP RISK
Product
risk
Getting the
product right
Customer
risk
Building a path
to customers
Market
risk
Building a
viable business
ASSIGNMENT
Fill out a Lean Canvas for your startup using either:
Your top
idea
OR
Your
current
startup
IF YOU HAD PREEXISTING IDEAS
REFERENCES
Lean Startup Principles (TheLeanStartup.com)
Running Lean by Ash Maurya (Book)