Business Model Designer
Use this skill when the user needs to transform a business idea into a clear commercial model rather than just brainstorm loosely.
When to Use
- Designing a business from scratch
- Defining or revising revenue streams
- Building a Business Model Canvas
- Clarifying monetization, channels, partners, or cost structure
- Stress-testing whether a concept is operationally and financially coherent
Core Outcome
Produce a complete business model design that covers:
- Customer segments
- Value propositions
- Channels
- Customer relationships
- Revenue streams
- Key resources
- Key activities
- Key partners
- Cost structure
Also include:
- Unit economics assumptions where possible
- Strategic coherence check across all nine blocks
- Major risks, gaps, or contradictions
- Recommended next steps
Workflow
- Establish the project directory or workspace where strategy outputs should live.
- Check for prior validation or market-sizing work that can be reused.
- Gather the minimum missing inputs:
- target customer
- problem being solved
- product or service concept
- business model type
- current stage
- Build the full Business Model Canvas, block by block.
- Evaluate monetization clarity, scalability, and internal consistency.
- Summarize the strongest version of the model, the biggest weaknesses, and what needs validation next.
Output Expectations
- Prefer a structured report over casual notes.
- Make assumptions explicit.
- Separate confirmed facts from inferred strategy.
- If financial inputs are weak, label unit economics as directional rather than definitive.
Supporting Files
- Full upstream workflow snapshot: SKILL.raw.md
- HTML template reference: business-model-designer.html
- Assembly notes: ASSEMBLY-WORKFLOW.md