Your Revenue Driver

9. Key Activities (Efficiency)

The most important things a company must do to make its business model work:

And - just as with Key Resources - these are needed to help our business:

...and can vary depending upon the type of business model

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on January 4, 2014 at 1:57pm

Activities related to production and problem solving are critical but difficult to scale without accelerating commoditization.

An emphasis on the Platform/Network - can create sustainable differentiation and significant value of the business as an asset - even without revenue - just ask YouTube, Facebook, Twitter.
The Weather Channel is another example of having a great platform.
Professional sports continue to pay exorbitant salaries and charge outrageous prices - because of their platform.
On the other hand - perhaps the Airline, Newspaper and Telecommunications Industries have suffered because they have been unable to create a platform/network to support their business model.

What business models have created a platform in the training industry?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on January 4, 2014 at 1:58pm

Activities (tasks) are related to the five key functions of any business (with thanks to Bob Norton:)

Within the last 18 months I became aware of a fast growth company that is operating with four key functions. Which two do you think it has combined?