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= Overview =
<span style="font-size: 12px;">The </span>[http://www.businessmodelcompetition.com <b>Business Model Competition(BMC)</b>]<span style="font-size: 12px;">, or International Business Model Competition(IBMC), is an a unique business development competition that differentiates itself from other business plan competitions by stressing the value of validation with real customers, described in the following video:</span>
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The Business Model Canvas is one of the key tools that IBMC recommends the competing teams utilize. It is a strategic management template for developing new or documenting existing business models. The canvas consists of nine business model building blocks, which can be organized into four categories: ''infrastructure, offering, customers,and finances''.<ref>[http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/ Business Model Generation], A. Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, and 470 practitioners from 45 countries, self published, 2010</ref> By using a visual approach to design business models, the Business Model Canvas makes it easier for firms to align their activities by illustrating potential trade-offs.
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== IBMC 2013 Top 3 Winners ==