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The Business Model Canvas — digitized for live collaboration.

GVAPP-BMC turns the classic 9-block canvas into a real-time, multiplayer workshop tool. Everyone joins from their own laptop or tablet over WiFi and edits together live — no sticky notes, no single person holding the marker.

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GVAPP-BMC live board with the real Business Model Canvas grid, populated with an example
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What Is a Business Model Canvas?

A whole business, on one page.

The Business Model Canvas is a strategic framework — created by Alexander Osterwalder — for describing and testing how a business actually works, without writing a 40-page plan. It breaks a business down into 9 connected blocks: who you're creating value for, what that value actually is, how you deliver and get paid for it, and what it costs to run.

The real value isn't filling in each block on its own — it's checking whether they connect. Does every Value Proposition have a Customer Segment that actually wants it, a Channel that reaches them, and a Cost that's covered by real Revenue? That's the question a workshop is really trying to answer.

GVAPP-BMC (the app) starts every session with this exact empty grid — grouped into Supply-side, Value, Demand-side, and Financial zones — so the structure itself does some of the teaching before anyone writes a single note.

An empty Business Model Canvas grid, grouped into Supply-side, Value, Demand-side, and Financial zones

The Problem It Solves

Sticky notes don't scale past the room.

A printed poster and a pack of Post-its works — until half the room can't reach the wall, someone's handwriting is illegible, and the whole thing disappears the moment the workshop ends.

The old way
  • close One printed canvas, one marker at a time
  • close Quiet voices get crowded out near the wall
  • close Notes get lost, photos are blurry
  • close No record of who suggested what
With GVAPP-BMC
  • check Everyone edits from their own device, at once
  • check Live cursors — see who's writing where, as it happens
  • check Export a clean JSON snapshot or print an A4 PDF
  • check Optional PIC tags — assign ownership, separate from authorship

Features

Built for real, in-person workshops

Not a generic whiteboard — a tool shaped around the actual Osterwalder Business Model Canvas.

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Live Multiplayer Canvas

See everyone's cursor moving in real time, Figma-style. Notes sync instantly across every connected device the moment they're added or moved.

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The Real BMC Grid

Not a generic sticky-note board — the actual Osterwalder 9-block layout, grouped into Supply, Value, Demand, and Financial zones so the structure teaches itself.

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Join with a PIN or QR Code

No accounts, no sign-ups. The host starts a session, shares a PIN or QR code, and anyone on the same WiFi is in within seconds.

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Interactive Framework Guide

Not sure what goes where? A built-in guide explains each block and how they connect — click any block in the diagram to see what it's for.

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PIC / Assigned-To Tags

Authorship and ownership are different things. Tag any note with who's actually responsible for it — independent of who typed it during the session.

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Host Controls

Lock the board once the workshop's done to freeze edits and enable printing, export a JSON snapshot for later reuse, or reset the board for the next session.

How It Works

Up and running in under a minute

One person downloads it. Everyone else just needs a browser and the WiFi you're already on.

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Download & run

Unzip and double-click one file. No install, no PHP or dependencies to set up — it just starts and opens your browser.

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Share the PIN or QR

Click Start Session and a PIN and QR code appear. Anyone on the same WiFi scans or types it in to join.

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Fill it in together

Everyone adds, drags, and discusses notes live. Lock the board when you're done, then export or print the result.

See It in Action

A real board, mid-workshop

A fully populated Business Model Canvas board, grouped into zones

The Canvas

All 9 sections grouped into Supply, Value, Demand, and Financial zones, with a live participant roster up top.

Joining

Scan the QR or type the PIN — anyone on the same WiFi is editing within seconds, no account needed.

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The Guide

Not sure how the blocks connect? Click any block in the built-in diagram to see what it's for.

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Ready for your next workshop?

Runs entirely on your own laptop over your local WiFi — nothing is sent to the cloud, no accounts, no data leaves the room.

Windows 10/11 or macOS · No install required · Read the setup guide