Wanted: Business Model Researcher (submissions closed)
Blog: Business Model Alchimist
Does this sound like you? You strive to help companies unlock potential by using better business design techniques. You have already done so by researching, applying and “teaching” practical and visual business design tools, in particular the Business Model Canvas and the Value Proposition Canvas.
The opportunity
Work with me and the team behind Business Model Generation (500,000+ copies in 26 languages), the Business Model Toolbox for iPad, Strategyzer.com, and the Business Design Summit. Your research on interesting cases, their business model mechanics and their transformation into remarkable presentations and stories will transform the way people design businesses around the globe. You work from home, anywhere in the world, and with flexible working hours (potentially part-time).
What we expect
You have a deep curiosity for how organisations work and could work better. Your “hunger” to do your best work ever is insane and you are more motivated and better qualified than anybody else to do this job. You have a business research background, potentially a PhD, but also have practical experience in a company, as a consultant, or as an entrepreneur. Your conceptual and practical understanding of the Business Model Canvas is proven. Finally, you are NOT an asshole.
The challenge
You will put together amazing case studies and stories that help people understand business model innovation and transformation. What I’m taking about here are not the traditional text-heavy Harvard Business School cases, but beautiful, simple, and captivating presentations and stories that open people’s eyes to the potential and particularities of business model innovation (cf SunEdison, Re-Inventing How We Do Start-Ups!). You will work with me and potentially others from the team on a regular basis via Skype.
How to apply:
- Tell us: Which business design methods you deeply understand (your level: 0 to 10 / 0=never heard of)? Business Model Canvas (Osterwalder & Pigneur), Customer Development (Blank & Dorf), Lean Startup (Eric Ries), Strategy Maps (Kaplan & Norton), Disruptive Innovation (Clayton Christensen), Jobs-to-be-done (Christensen, Anthony, Ulwick), Value Proposition Canvas (Osterwalder, Pigneur, Smith, Bernarda), Blue Ocean Strategy (Kim & Mauborgne).
- Tell us: Which of the following authors have you read? Mark Johnson, Rita McGrath, Vijay Govindarajan, Chris Trimble, Nancy Duarte, Garr Reynolds, Dan Roam, Dave Gray, David Sibbet, John Medina.
- Show off your skills: Compare the business models of Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Facebook.
- Share: Your expectations (including salary) and a story that left a mark on your career and thinking
Apply: send your application with all of the above to xxxxx (sorry, submissions closed) (tip: don’t forget that my schedule is pretty busy and that I don’t have time to read a lot of text 😉
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