Business modelling Wiki-style with Wallstream

The first Prototyping Weekend is just over a week behind us. It was so much fun that the talented group of people that participated even worked two nights during the week after to finish up the prototype. The project is shaping up and we decided to Open Source it when it’s ready. This means all code and designs will be available to you to use, remix and re-share within a few weeks.

Open Source not only is about producing working code for let’s say a Content Management System. Eventually it’s a the thinking power, time and vision of a group of people that gets bundled and publicly available. We think this should include more aspects than only the design and code. An growing aspect of building and launching web apps is about having a clear business model. Don’t wait for IPO’s and maybe even work without investors.

So we’ve set-up a MindMap where our vision of the business model is captured. It’s still quite simple. It leverages the current options of the software or those of what are coming up. We took some interesting trends in the mobile market, like the iTunes app store. Also we thought of advertising in Wallstream(s) and took a closer look at Google AdWords and AdSense.

The MindMap is a Wikimap. Which means if you own a MindMeister account you can edit the MindMap. Don’t worry, if you don’t have a MindMeister account you can create one for free.

So feel free to share your thoughts on possible business models on the MindMap!