Lean canvas template
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Geared toward entrepreneurs, the lean canvas template asks all the right questions to guide your team through the process of uncovering your startup’s unique value proposition. In 9 compact cells, the lean canvas tool asks you the vital questions to help you form a real business case for your grand vision.
- Map out the key foundations of your business idea.
- Identify your competitive advantage to generate a blueprint for your target consumer.
- Maintain the focus of real-life operations on your unique value proposition and communicate that value with your key partners and stakeholders.
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Xtensio is your team space for beautiful living documents.
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Join the 66,806 changemakers.
Geared toward entrepreneurs, the lean canvas template asks all the right questions to guide your team through the process of uncovering your startup’s unique value proposition. In 9 compact cells, the lean canvas tool asks you the vital questions to help you form a real business case for your grand vision.
- Map out the key foundations of your business idea.
- Identify your competitive advantage to generate a blueprint for your target consumer.
- Maintain the focus of real-life operations on your unique value proposition and communicate that value with your key partners and stakeholders.
How to create a lean canvas with Xtensio
Click and start editing, no account or credit card required.
Follow along with the instructional lean canvas details. Add charts, graphs, images, and videos to customize the lean canvas template and make it your own. Drag & drop. Resize. It’s the easiest editor ever.
Customize everything in the lean canvas template to match your brand.
Define your style guide. Add your (or your client’s) brand fonts and colors. You can even pull colors directly from a website to easily brand your lean canvas and more.
Work on your lean canvas business plan together on the cloud.
Add colleagues (or clients) to collaborate on the lean canvas template. Changes automatically save and sync across all devices, in real-time.
Share a link. Present a slideshow. Embed. Download a PDF/PNG.
The lean canvas seamlessly adapts to your workflow. No more jumping from tool-to-tool to design different types of deliverables.
Reuse and repurpose.
Save your own custom lean canvas template. Or copy and merge into other documents.
Follow along step-by-step with the lean canvas how to guide.
Example lean canvas templates
Easily create, manage and share impressive, professional documents for every part of your business.
Xtensio is much more than your standard lean canvas builder.
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Create impactful documents in minutesXtensio comes packed with 100s of instructional templates for all your business needs. Or start from scratch and create your own templates.
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Look professional, without a designer
Drag and drop images, videos, links, charts, tables, buttons and other interactive modules. Customize fonts, backgrounds, colors to match your brand. It’s the easiest editor ever.
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Work together, from anywhere Collaborate in real-time with anyone. Changes automatically save and sync across all devices.
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Share any way you need
Focus on your work, not the design: Share a link, present a digital slideshow, export a PDF/PNG. You can even embed it on your website. Your work will look good everywhere.
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Keep your team organized
Easily manage all of your content in one place, no more lost work. Control team access so nothing slips.
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Even more awesome features...
Customize links, add passwords, get stats and reports. Copy/move content between folios, auto-save revisions and revert as needed.
Create impactful documents in minutes
Look professional, without a designer
Work together, from anywhere 
Share any way you need
Keep your team organized
Even more awesome features...
What is the lean canvas template?
The lean startup canvas, inspired by the Lean Startup movement, was originally created by LEANSTACK to generate simple and sleek representations of business operations. This version of the business model canvas template allows your startup to present its unique solutions and market competition to key partners before fully launching a product.
How do you make a concise lean canvas?
The lean business plan is structured in 9 compact cells that ask vital questions to help you form a real business case for your grand vision.
- Identify 3 real pain points.
- Research existing alternatives.
- Present your solution as a solution.
- Define your key metrics.
- Create a clear and compelling unique value proposition.
- Uncover your differentiating factor.
- Identify your target customer.
- Define the key channels you’ll reach these customers on.
- Outline your cost structure.
- Present a path for revenue streams.
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Unlike other presentation or document creators, Xtensio works like a web builder so you can easily drag and drop interactive content, customize the layout, and change colors, fonts, backgrounds to get professional-looking business content out the door quickly, without needing a designer.
You can collaborate with team members and guests to work together in real-time on the cloud. And the flexibility to share folios as live web links, digital slideshow presentations or exportable PDF/PNGs means you don’t have to jump between tools when creating different deliverables. Check out this page to see how Xtensio outpaces the competition.
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Can I create a free lean canvas?
Yes. You can try out Xtensio’s simple editor and any template, including the lean business model template without creating an account. To save your work, collaborate with your team and access other premium features and resources, you can upgrade to premium. Plans start at $8 per month.
What would I get by upgrading to a premium plan?
By upgrading to our premium plans, you’ll create a private, branded workspace with your own URL where you, your team members and guests can create and collaborate on multiple presentations and documents.
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What would I use the one-page business model template for?
The lean business model asks all the right questions to guide you through the process of uncovering your startup’s unique value proposition. This will help you assess whether your business has an advantage over your competitors.
Do you have any 1-page business model examples I can use?
Yes! We have a couple of example lean business plans above that you can use as a starting point for your own. If you find a style you like, use it for your inspiration.
How do I formulate my unique value proposition?
Your unique value proposition should quickly and clearly convey the value of your service or product, explain how your product or service is better than the competition and talk about the benefits and features that define your product or service.
Can I add colleagues to edit the template?
Yes! You can invite as many people as you’d like to collaborate on your canvas lean, ensuring your whole team is aligned. As a platform, Xtensio helps improve the way your team works. Here’s more on real-time collaboration.
How do I share my canvas?
When you’re ready to share your lean startup summary, choose between presenting it as a full-screen digital slideshow, sending it as a responsive web link or exporting it as a PDF or PNG. Learn more about the different ways to share your folios in this tutorial video.
Do you have other tools for defining my business plan?
We do! There are a number of different business strategy templates, examples and resources to guide you through the process of establishing and growing your business. Check out our Strategy toolbox and our Business Development toolbox to find more tools and resources.
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