http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness a guide to getting what you give Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:15:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Almost a year has passed since my last post. And in terms of work the project has been a cryogenic state since. When returning to blogger conference Re:publica in Berlin this year, I realized that although lots of time has passed, the founding ideas in this project still remains valid. Lectures on ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2009/04/15/call-for-collaborators/ There has been little to no activity within the Open Business project the last month, due to my graduation and launch into a new position this Summer. Still, work with the open business guide is in process behind the scenes, and more frequent activity can be expected by end August. http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/07/08/summer-break/ Here you find the complete overview of the theoretical framework, i.e the 4 main categories of open business models and their members. Not all of them are illustrated yet, hence the "catchy" title v.1.0. The pletora of business models are sorted between models centered around Upgrade (selling more of the same), ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/05/25/business-model-categorization_v-10/ The Symbol Library further expanding to include illustrations of the different elements within each main category of Open Business models. Models centered around Upgrade, Related Services, Access and Community Involvement (visit the Symbol Library to get a thorough description of the various categories.) Todays contribution is the sub symbols related to ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/05/21/community-involvement-symbol/ Due to my upcoming exam the 29th May, there hasn't been too much activity from my end the last week. In my last post I expressed the difficulty in illustrating several of the sub categories in the Related Services and Access category. Related Services refers to business models where you ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/05/21/symbol-contribution/ The Symbol Library is expanding to include illustrations of the different elements within each main category of Open Business models. Models centered around Upgrade, Related Services, Access and Community Involvement (visit the Symbol Library to get a thorough description of the various categories.) Beneath you find suggestions for the different elements ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/05/08/open-business-symbol-hunt/ The Open Business hand book is beginning to take form. To give you a teaser I present the Table of Content. Case descriptions for the hand book are currently being produced on the Open Forge Wiki. Feel free to comment, contribute, read as you please. Content pages will be added to the ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/05/07/table-of-content/ OPENNESS I have been looking into different existing definitions of openness, and have yet to stumble upon one that sufficiently and yet thoroughly expresses what the emerging paradigm of Openness is. From the 3 definitions underneath I have highlighted the elements that touches upon such a description. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: without obstructions to passage or view; ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/04/23/definitions-of-openness/ What should a hand book - that aims to show how companies and individuals from creative industries can benefit from incorporating elements of openness in their business strategy - be called? I have suffered from a slight brain freeze in regards to this. "The Handy Book Of Openness" seems too sweet. So, here ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/04/10/hand-book-title/ Here are the set of symbols used in the Re:publica Open Business presentation, currently available as a Flickr set: They are divided between: Creative branch (Music, Film, Literature and Software) Main 4 OB categories (Upgrade, Related services, Access and Community involvement) Category overview with strategic business elements() A full overview and description of symbols used ... http://www.multiplum.com/mostly/openbusiness/2008/04/08/open-business-symbols/