The Tools

Designing a business is a journey.
Your needs and challenges will change as you grow.
Our tools will support you every step of the way.

Use these tools as you begin, and periodically use them as you continue to develop your business. Once you become familiar with them, you will be amazed with how fast you can gain insights that have been just out of view.

Tools Facets
  • All
  • Foundation
  • Founder's Health
  • Product
  • Strategy
Tools Facets Mobile

Affinity Mapping

Affinity Mapping enables teams to organize and make sense of complex information, ideas, and insights.

60 minutes

Barriers to Entry Analysis

Barriers to Entry Analysis, influenced by Michael E. Porter’s Five Forces framework, is a critical business strategy tool used to assess the level of difficulty for new entrants to enter a particular market or industry.

120+ minutes

Business Model Canvas

The Business Model Canvas is a powerful strategic management tool that helps businesses understand, analyze, and communicate their business model effectively.

30 minutes

Desktop Research

Desktop research is a crucial component of entrepreneurial success, providing entrepreneurs with valuable information and insights to make informed decisions. 

∞ minutes

Empathy Map

Get to know what motivates your user. The Empathy Map is a strategy tool that helps entrepreneurs gain a deep understanding of their target customers.

60 minutes

Entrepreneur Self-portrait

Paint a picture of yourself and your role in the business.

30 minutes

Experience Map

Gain deep insights into your users’ thoughts, emotions, and interactions with your product or service.

30 minutes

Find your Why

Discover and articulate your purpose and the purpose behind your business with this powerful business strategy tool.

30 minutes

Hypothesis Canvas

Become a product scientist by converting your assumptions into hypotheses that can be tested.

30 minutes

Joy on Demand

Joy on Demand is a business strategy tool designed to help entrepreneurs and business leaders cultivate a sense of joy and happiness in their personal and professional lives.

60 minutes

Lottery Canvas

The Lottery Canvas is a unique business strategy tool that allows entrepreneurs to explore their aspirations and priorities through a creative exercise.

30 minutes

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a powerful self-awareness tool that focuses on developing the ability to be fully present and aware of our thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations in the present moment.

15 minutes

Mindmapping

Mindmapping is a powerful tool that aids in visualizing and organizing ideas, concepts, and information. It provides a structured approach to brainstorming, problem-solving, and strategic planning.

30+ minutes

Money Meaning

Reflect on what motivates you and find your true purpose.

20 minutes

Now and New Now

Visualising the end goal is a powerful way to design the way forward and the steps it will take to get there.

30 minutes

Persona Canvas

Create a detailed profile of your user

60 minutes

Storyboards

Understand the story behind your product with the same technique used to create Hollywood blockbusters

30 minutes

SWOT Analysis

Gain insights into the internal strengths and weaknesses of your business, as well as external opportunities and threats.

60 minutes

Value Proposition Canvas

The Value Proposition Canvas is a strategic tool used in business and product development to create, analyze, and refine a value proposition.

60 minutes
Business Design Tools