Business Model Validation: What Makes Business Models Work?

by David Wanetick

Over twenty years of high-level analytical experience—including hundreds of CEO interviews—are unleashed on the pages of Business Model Validation. Hundreds of valuable insights—regarding industries as diverse as textbook publishers to online pornography purveyors and from cement producers to death care operators—were selected to enable readers to maximize their returns-on-investment.
David Wanetick reveals his groundbreaking analysis into emerging business models such as those of on-demand taxis, home sharing, Bitcoin, music streaming, drones, crowdfunding, marijuana dispensaries, electronic cigarettes, flash sales operators, freemium businesses, electric vehicles, massive open online course operators (MOOCs), cloud storage and 3-D printers.

355 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 15, 2015

About the author

David Wanetick is the CEO of Business Model Validation, a research firm with an expertise in assessing the investment merits of emerging companies. He actively researches and scrutinizes the investment positions of hedge funds and private equity funds. He also has an expertise in patent valuation. David developed the Certified Emerging Company Analyst and Devil's Advocate Auditor designations, both offered through the Business Development Academy. He has lectured all over the world, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Israel, Dubai, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Thailand.