Farm Management Fridays: Develop Your Farm Business Idea Using Lean Start-up and Business Model Canvas

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Date 

April 1st, 2022

Time 

11:00am - 12:00pm

Contact 

Trisha Wagner

Trying to figure out whether your business idea has any merit can be a daunting process. Business plans take a lot of time and energy to pull together for an idea you may not be sure will succeed. The Lean Start-Up with Business Model Canvas is a tool and process for discovering the best business model for your idea without investing too many resources. It is most successfully used as a precursor to the business planning step. First, you ask yourself, “Do I have a viable idea (business model)?” If yes, the next step is the development of a business plan. But, there is no reason to go through all the work of a business plan if you don’t have a good and viable business model to start with!

In this session, Extension Specialist Kevin Bernhardt and Educators Steph Plaster, and Ben Jenkins will walk through examples of how Lean Start-Up with Business Model Canvas can be used to stress test a new business enterprise or changes to your current business.

For more information and resources visit: https://farms.extension.wisc.edu/article-topic/beginning-farm-enterprise-development/

Q&A: Submit your questions to the speakers prior/during to the program here.

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Learn the most up-to-date information on topics from dairy and livestock production to forage and farm management resources from Extension experts. See the full list of topics at go.wisc.edu/frr2021. Choose the sessions that are applicable to your farm:

  • Badger Dairy Insight: Bi-weekly, Tuesdays, 1:00 pm
  • Farm Management Fridays: Bi-weekly, 11:00 am
  • Focus on Forage: Wednesdays, 12:30 pm
  • Small Ruminants: Monthly, Second Tuesday, 7:30 pm
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