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Business Model
Many youngsters, entrepreneurs, working professionals have this question in their mind when they think about the businesses around them. Whether to start a new business or to develop the existing business they must understand the business model.

Even when i came across the word “business model,” the first question i got was “How do I find out about the business model of a company? Where should I start? Where do I look for information which would help me learn and understand how the company actually does business?” In this article, i will discuss about that in detail. Business Model is a plan for the successful operation of a business, identifying sources of revenue, the intended customer base, products, and details of financing. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/businessmodel.asp

What Is a Business Model?

In The New, New Thing, Michael Lewis refers to the phrase business model as "a term of art." And like art itself, it's… hbr.org understanding the business model or figuring it out is not that easy, because actually it’s really hard! For example, as crazy as it seems, for many years the vast majority of investors (and I mean, bigtime NYC investors) had no idea how Google makes money. For some companies, the business model is straightforward. But for many other companies (maybe over half), it’s actually hard to really understand. Yeah you can figure out where what the general drivers of revenues are, but it’s often hard to figure out which revenue sources drive the real profit in a business. It’s often opaque (1) how revenues is divided among various streams and (2) what the profit margins are of each revenue stream. Given all this, I’d suggest two sources. First, if you can find a smart investor who understands a company, they will be able to tell you the answer to this question. Alternatively, if the company is public, try to find really good meaty equity research report on the company — from Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Sanford Bernstein, or similarly reputable shops. For publicly listed companies, their annual reports (generally available on their websites) are a good place to start with the framework of what constitutes a business model in your mind (so you know what information to pay attention to as you wade through these annual reports.) It also helps to be able to read financial statements in order to figure out the business model. Some useful resources: AnnualReports.com Business Model Generation — Canvas How to Read Financial Statements For startups, this exercise is a somewhat simpler (at least to understand the business model at a high level) since you typically are dealing with just one product or service: I try to look at what has been said in interviews/talks by founders to try to understand what the business model might be in cases where the high level business model is not immediately obvious. Business Model Canvas

Even with a great product and groundbreaking technology, companies with great business models win every time. Alexander… www.startups.co “I started the business with a simple question: How can we make the process of buying a computer better? The answer was: Sell computers directly to the end customer. Eliminate the re-seller's markup and pass those savings on to the customer.” ― Michael Dell, Direct from Dell So friends, stop searching the business models of successful companies instead start trying different models by understanding the business in according to the market trends, needs etc… who knows tomorrow your model might be an example of a successful business model.