This package provides you with the basic core tools from the Platform Innovation Kit and enables you to go from Exploration to Launch. Identify platform opportunities looking at trends and value chains, create & validate a platform business model. The Double Loop Model helps you to align key perspectives of a Platform Business like User needs with your solution (problem-platform fit), the market (market-platform fit), business (business-platform fit) and your capabilities (capabilities-platform fit).

After you downloaded the package, please enter our online user-guide to learn how to use the canvases incl. examples.

The package includes:

• Introduction Guide (pdf) about the PIK 5 and the Double Loop Model
• 5 Canvases (as .pdf and high resolution .png format for A0 printing)

The canvases included in this package:

• Ecosystem Forces Scan
• Platform Business Model
• Platform Value Network
• Platform Experience
• Network Effects Reinforcement Engines

The Extended Core Kit helps you to go from Launch to Scale. Solve the chicken-egg problem, growth hack first users, unlock / master network effects and branch into new verticals for a full experience.

It is the complete package for every platform entrepreneur. 

After you downloaded the package, please enter our online user-guide to learn how to use the canvases incl. examples.

The package includes:

• Introduction Guide (pdf) about the PIK 5 and the Double Loop Model
• 20 Canvases (as .pdf and high resolution .png format for A0 printing)

The canvases included in this package:

For Ecosystem Strategy

• Ecosystem Forces Scan
• Platform Opportunity

For Exploration

• Long Tail Discovery
• Market Sizing
• Platform Business Model
• Monetization
• Stakeholder
• Value Network
• Problem Prioritization
• Value Chain Scan

For Launching & Growth Hacking

• MVP Definition for Validation
• AARRR Funnel for multi-sided Growth Hacking
• Evolution / Roadmap
• Experience Design / Service Design
• Team capabilities
• USP
• Unfair Advantage definition
• User Behaviour design

Network Effects

• NFX Stimulation
• NFX Reinforcement Engines
• Venture Governance
• Platform Resilience / Crisis Respond

In collaboration with leading platform powerhouse Amazon AWS we co-developed an advanced toolset helping you to design a modern architecture for your platform business.

This package includes:

• Platform IT Architecture Playbook (as .pdf)
• Special Canvases (as .pdf and high resolution .png format for A0 printing)
• Platform IT Architecture Assessment  (as .pdf and high resolution .png format for A0 printing)

Created in joint collaboration with:

As we move from a market perspective into an ecosystem perspective, we developed this Advanced Toolset to help you to identify, evaluate and select your strategic position in emerging business ecosystems.

This tool is important to:

• Understand those emerging ecosystems (e.g. healthcare, mobility, manufacturing, …)
• Identify and evaluate control points
• Identify whitespaces for platform plays
• Align executives to craft a solid company strategy
• Align founder teams about the future of their platform venture

The package includes:

• Ecosystem Strategy Playbook (.pdf) incl. Intro to Ecosystems, Control Points, Strategic Plays)
• Step-by-Step process (.pdf) to craft an ecosystem strategy and to identify whitespaces for platforms
• 3 Canvases (as .pdf and high resolution .png format for A0 printing)
• Access-Code to our online user guide for this advanced toolset

The canvases included in this package:

• Ecosystem Forces Scan
• Ecosystem Journey
• Control Point Evaluation

A successful platform is based on network effects. But what are network effects and how to create them? In our upcoming Advanced Toolset we guide you through this process to identify, build and scale network effects and reinforcement engines. 

Release: Q4 2021

Platforms make it possible to implement different monetization strategies. With our Advanced Toolset we help you to:

• Assessment different monetization strategies
• Simulate different scenarios
• Calculate profit & loss statements
• Calculate network effects

Release: Q4 2021

The Platform Value Stack is a strategic multi-tool for platform businesses / ventures. With our Advanced toolset you will be able to:

• Learn the principles of the Platform Value Stack to drive the future success of your platform
• Craft a solid platform strategy

This package includes:

• Comprehensive Playbook (.pdf)
• Special Canvases
• Access to our Advanced Toolset User-Guide

Release: Q4 2021