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Design Means Business | Lecture by Alex Osterwalder

Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 5:00 PM (PT)

San Francisco, CA

Design Means Business | Lecture by Alex Osterwalder

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
IDSA Member
Hors d'oeuvres and beverage service is included, 21+ only. If you are a current dues paying member of the National IDSA, please register with this ticket option. We will verify your membership in our database.
Ended $10.00 $1.54
General Admission
Hors d'oeuvres and beverage service is included, 21+ only.
Ended $20.00 $2.09
Wharton Club Member
WCNC members should buy tickets here: http://www.whartonclub.com/article.html?aid=1478
Ended $20.00 $2.09

Event Details

How to Design, Test and Build Business Models for Straregic Differentiation | Lecture by Alex Osterwalder  

Join us for this special Design Means Business event.

Alex Osterwalder is one of the world’s gurus of business models innovation. His tools and methodologies help start-ups to create leading innovative companies and assist world leading organizations to re-invent themselves.


Mingling @ 5pm, Lecture @ 6pm, followed by Q&A and continued mingling.
Hors d'oeuvres and beverage service is included, 21+ only.

About Design Means Business
As a mutual partnership between The Wharton Club of Norther California and IDSA-SF, "Design Means Business" aims to bring design to the forefront in business as a way to create more meaningful, innovative companies. Each lecture draws a vibrant mix of design and business leaders from throughout the Bay Area, with plenty of opportunity for cross-pollination.



Bio

Alexander Osterwalder is an entrepreneur, speaker and business model innovator. Together with Professor Yves Pigneur he co-authored Business Model Generation, a global bestseller on the topic of business model innovation. His Business Model Canvas, a tool to visualize, challenge and (re-) invent business models is used by leading organizations around the world. Alexander is a frequent keynote speaker and has held guest lectures in top universities around the world, including Stanford, Berkeley, IESE and IMD.  The Business Model Foundry, his current start-up, is building strategic tools for innovators. The Business Model Toolbox for iPad is the Foundry's first application. Alexander holds a PhD from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland, and is a founding member of The Constellation, a global not-for-profit organization aiming to make HIV/AIDS and Malaria history.

 

Thanks to Kemeera for sponsoring the IDSA-SF, and making this event possible.

 

Thanks to our Annual Sponsor: Kemeera

When & Where



Wharton | San Francisco
101 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 5:00 PM (PT)


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IDSA-SF



The IDSA-SF is a 100% volunteer led non-profit with the mission to advance and inspire design throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Our local reach extends to more than a thousand product designers, researchers, trend-forecasters, interaction designers, engineers, prototypers, CMF specialists, CAD modelers, design strategists, and creative leaders.

IDSA-SF members are responsible for designing some of the world’s most notable objects and experiences that blur the line between fashion, culture, and industry. We’re also a pretty fun group!