Tools for Founders in Idea Stage
Updated by Xtensio
Welcome to our Founders in Idea Stage Collection! Suppose you’re an aspiring entrepreneur with a business idea. In that case, this collection of business templates will help you turn your idea into a successful business by organizing your thoughts, research, and plans as you move from concept to execution. With Xtensio, you can cover a range of essential business functions, including innovative research with beautiful mood boards, market analysis with our new SOAR template, business planning in a lean way, and many more: presentations, user journeys, etc… So, browse our collection below and find the perfect template to help you launch and grow your business!
Lean Canvas
(Instructional Template)
Lean Canvas asks all the right questions to guide your team through uncovering your startup’s unique value proposition. Then, use it to present your startup’s unique solutions and market competitiveness to key partners. Get started with Xtensio’s instructional template.
SOAR Analysis
SOAR Analysis takes a visionary and aspirational approach to analyze how your business stands on the playing field. Stands for Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, and Results. Get started with Xtensio’s instructional template.
PESTLE Analysis
We all saw how our entire world toppled with a global pandemic and how forces larger than you may affect your organization, big or small. Become attuned to Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Legal, and Environmental forces surrounding your company with our instructional PESTLE Analysis template.
PORTER’S FIVE FORCES Analysis
SWOT’s close friend, and perhaps first rival Porter’s Five Forces helps obtain a broad perspective of the industry in which your organization is striving to exist. That said, the fragility of global economic, social, and political systems calls for an adaptive mindset, and a creative ability to fill in the gaps left by traditional business frameworks like this one.
Ecosystem Map
(Instructional Template)
Eco Map sets a direction for your research and take the pulse of your brand’s ecosystem. This exercise will help you understand where holes exist and what pain points are not currently being addressed in the market.
Startup One Pager
Quickly convey the key features and benefits of your offering to investors, clients, employees, or students by tweaking our Startup One pager template for each audience.
SMART Goals
(Instructional Template)
SMART Goals clarify what you want, stay focused on what you need to do, and see the results of your efforts. SMART Goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound.
Competitive Analysis
The competitive analysis template allows you to examine your competitor’s strengths and weaknesses so you can find market opportunities to grow your business. Build your brand by taking advantage of the gaps in the market.
User Interview
(Instructional Template)
User interview is one of the essentials of the user research process. Identify demographic information and develop empathetic knowledge to better understand and serve your ideal customers. Organize the input from your user interviews in this neat, living document template.
Customer Journey Map
Visualize a user’s actions, emotions, and pain points while interacting with your brand, product, or services. Depending on the purpose of your research, utilize one of the variations on the Customer Journey Map.
Mood Board
Mood boarding is a great way to visualize the look and feel of the content you’d like to put out there. Using Xtensio’s online editor, you can drag and drop many types of media, and interactive elements, add notes, and to-do lists to set the tone for your content. Try one of our mood board templates like the web design mood board or start with a blank project. Play!
Dream Project Presentation
Present all the action that goes into your dream project. Include data findings. Captivate with bold images. Share as a live link to include in your Link in Bio and capture leads with the email form. Click and start editing Xtensio’s free Dream Project Presentation template.
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