EMFAD Courses

Business and Entrepreneurship

Business Model Canvas Mastery

Map, test and improve any business model on a single page using all nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas.

  • Beginner
  • About 6 hours
  • 4 modules
  • 15 lessons
  • Certificate of completion

About this course

Map any business on a single page. Master all nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas to design, challenge, and improve your revenue model.

What you will learn

  • Describe each of the nine building blocks of the Business Model Canvas and how they connect
  • Map an existing business, including well-known companies, onto a clear and accurate canvas
  • Define specific customer segments and write value propositions that address their real jobs, pains and gains
  • Choose channels, customer relationships, key activities, resources and partners that fit your value proposition
  • Build a cost structure and revenue model with pricing logic you can explain and defend
  • Identify and test the riskiest assumptions in a model and redesign it when the evidence says it is not working

Curriculum

Module 1Canvas Foundations4 lessons
  1. 1The Nine Building Blocks Free preview
  2. 2Why Models Beat Plans Early
  3. 3Reading Famous Business Models
  4. 4Canvas Do’s and Don’ts
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 2The Right Side: Value4 lessons
  1. 5Customer Segments in Depth
  2. 6Value Propositions That Resonate
  3. 7Channels
  4. 8Customer Relationships
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 3The Left Side: Delivery4 lessons
  1. 9Key Activities and Resources
  2. 10Key Partnerships
  3. 11Cost Structure
  4. 12Revenue Streams and Pricing
  5. QModule quiz (4 questions)
Module 4Canvas in Action3 lessons
  1. 13Testing Model Assumptions
  2. 14Redesigning a Struggling Model
  3. 15Course Project: Canvas Your Venture
  4. QModule quiz (4 questions)
PFinal project: Canvas Your Venture: An Evidence-Based Business Model

Who this course is for

  • Founders and aspiring entrepreneurs shaping a new business idea
  • Small business owners who want to rethink or improve how their business makes money
  • Managers, consultants and students who analyse or design business models

Requirements

  • A computer, tablet or phone, plus paper and sticky notes or a free online whiteboard tool
  • A business idea or an existing business you can use as your working example
  • No prior business training is needed

What is included

Written lessons

15 lessons, each with a practical exercise and key points to remember.

Module quizzes

A short quiz at the end of each module. Pass mark 70%, and you can retake it.

Final project

Canvas Your Venture: An Evidence-Based Business Model. A practical brief with steps and a way to check your own work.

Certificate

A certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses with a unique code anyone can verify.

How the certificate works

Complete every lesson and pass every module quiz with 70% or more. Your certificate then appears in your learner area, ready to print or save as PDF. It shows your name, the course title, the completion date and a unique code. It is a certificate of completion from EMFAD Courses, not an accredited qualification.

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