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Pimento Map

Is this a good idea for a company? Do I have a sound business plan? Is this a good startup to invest in?

These are questions that always surface in the world of seedling startups. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a business angel, an investor or even a Board member, this book presents a method you can use to make an objective analysis of any business plan. The simple to use Pimento Map can be filled in quickly and provides an immediate and in-depth analysis.

Even if no one can predict the future, this method can at least let you take a peek between the shades.


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Cédric Donck is CEO of Virtuology Group and Director of eTAIL Agency, an agency specialized in supporting brands on digital marketplaces. He is also a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Business School.

The book is an effective support for the entrepreneurship and marketing courses taught. Giving a theoretical structure to a methodology or content that evolves with technological advances is a tangible tool.

Cedric Donck has a long experience in business creation. He founded his first start-up on the university benches and sold it 11 years later to Omnicom.

He worked there for three years in mergers and acquisitions.

In 1998, when the internet was in its infancy, he created one of the first digital agencies. It developed in France and Belgium and was sold to WPP in 2008. It was time for him to share his experience. He becomes professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in several universities such as Solvay and Vlerick.

He wrote the book “Pimento Map” about business model analysis. Founder of several NGOs that support entrepreneurship in Africa, he shares his time between the development of Virtuology International, teaching and his passion, motorcycle raids in Africa.

The Virtuology Attitude will be born in 2020. Cedric decided to publish the Founding Act of the Virtuology group’s corporate culture. This opus gathers the philosophy and ambitions as well as the innovation and financial policy.

A new book is in preparation: Marketplaces, the new sales gas pedal.

Book Summary

Cédric Donck is CEO of Virtuology Group and Director of eTAIL Agency, an agency specialized in supporting brands on digital marketplaces. He is also a professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at the Vlerick Business School.

The book is an effective support for the entrepreneurship and marketing courses taught. Giving a theoretical structure to a methodology or content that evolves with technological advances is a tangible tool.

Cedric Donck has a long experience in business creation. He founded his first start-up on the university benches and sold it 11 years later to Omnicom.

He worked there for three years in mergers and acquisitions.

In 1998, when the internet was in its infancy, he created one of the first digital agencies. It developed in France and Belgium and was sold to WPP in 2008. It was time for him to share his experience. He becomes professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in several universities such as Solvay and Vlerick.

He wrote the book “Pimento Map” about business model analysis. Founder of several NGOs that support entrepreneurship in Africa, he shares his time between the development of Virtuology International, teaching and his passion, motorcycle raids in Africa.

The Virtuology Attitude will be born in 2020. Cedric decided to publish the Founding Act of the Virtuology group’s corporate culture. This opus gathers the philosophy and ambitions as well as the innovation and financial policy.

A new book is in preparation: Marketplaces, the new sales gas pedal.

Additional information

Publish Date 24/01/2014
Total Pages 142
Type Paperback

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

  1. What the Pimento Map is for
  2. Who this book is for
  3. What to expect from the Pimento Map

Chapter 2: Presenting the Pimento Map

  1. How to use the matrix
  2. Example of color attribution
  3. Must the graph be completely filled in?

Chapter 3: How the Pimento Map works

  1. The first circle
  2. The second circle
  3. The third circle
  4. The fourth circle
  5. The fifth circle

Chapter 4: Interpreting the results

  1. The business model
  2. The business plan
  3. Impactability
  4. Symmetry between the quadrant sections
    1. The market quadrant
    2. The finance quadrant
    3. Relation between the market and finance quadrants
      1. Relation between ‘funding’ and ‘customer pain’
      2. Relation between ‘power balance’ and ‘profitability’
      3. Relation between ‘scalability’ and ‘cash flow’ requirements
    4. The industry quadrant
    5. The team quadrant
    6. Relation between the team and the industry quadrants
      1. Relation between team and competitive advantage
      2. Relation between partnerships and competitive intensity
      3. Relation between network and business focus
  5. Temporality

Additional information

Publish Date 24/01/2014
Total Pages 142
Type Paperback