A4 Article in conference proceedings
Business Model Canvas Should Pay More Attention to the Software Startup Team (2020)

Kemell, K.-K., Elonen, A., Suoranta, M., Nguyen-Duc, A., Garbajosa, J., Chanin, R., Melegati, J., Rafiq, U., Aldaeej, A., Assyne, N., Sales, A., Hyrynsalmi, S., Risku, J., Edison, H., & Abrahamsson, P. (2020). Business Model Canvas Should Pay More Attention to the Software Startup Team. In A. Martini, M. Wimmer, & A. Skavhaug (Eds.), SEAA 2020 : 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (pp. 342-345). IEEE. Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications. https://doi.org/10.1109/seaa51224.2020.00063

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Publication details

All authors or editors: Kemell, Kai-Kristian; Elonen, Atte; Suoranta, Mari; Nguyen-Duc, Anh; Garbajosa, Juan; Chanin, Rafael; Melegati, Jorge; Rafiq, Usman; Aldaeej, Abdullah; Assyne, Nana; et al.

Parent publication: SEAA 2020 : 46th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications

Parent publication editors: Martini, Antonio; Wimmer, Manuel; Skavhaug, Amund

Conference:

Place and date of conference: Portoroz, Slovenia, 26.-28.8.2020

ISBN: 978-1-7281-9533-9

eISBN: 978-1-7281-9532-2

Journal or series: Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications

ISSN: 1089-6503

eISSN: 2376-9505

Publication year: 2020

Pages range: 342-345

Number of pages in the book: 596

Publisher: IEEE

Publication country: United States

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/seaa51224.2020.00063

Publication open access: Not open

Publication channel open access: 

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73569

Abstract

Business Model Canvas (BMC) is a tool widely used to describe startup business models. Despite the various business aspects described, BMC pays a little emphasis on team- related factors. The importance of team-related factors in software development has been acknowledged widely in literature. While not as extensively studied, the importance of teams in software startups is also known in both literature and among practitioners. In this paper, we propose potential changes to BMC to have the tool better reflect the importance of the team, especially in a software startup environment. Based on a literature review, we identify various components related to the team, which we then further support with empirical data. We do so by means of a qualitative case study of five startups.

Keywords: software business; software development; business models; startup companies; teams; teamwork; success factors

Free keywords: business model canvas; software startup; team; success factor

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Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2020

JUFO rating: 1