Business Model Stack Blog

Updates: December 3 2010

I've fixed the bugs that BM Stack had at launch that prevented people from... actually building business model canvases.

Here's an overview of the different bugs I fixed.

Creating Projects

Most noticeable was the bug that prevented users from starting projects after they created accounts. I've fixed that for all new users. If you have an account and still can't make a project, just leave a comment to this post with:

  1. The name of your company
  2. the side address you chose at the time of sign up.

I've tried to fix this for as many accounts as possible.

Firefox

The second main bug was a javascript error in Firefox that prevent the canvas tool from working. This was a simple error and I think I fixed it completely. Though the canvas tool still won't work if you use IE.

Signup Form

I improved the signup process. If you enter an existing username or site address, you'll get a simple error message. Before the whole form would break on you.

Credit and Attribution

Lastly I've added attribution to Alexander Osterwalder and proper CC by-sa links to all pages on the site.

Alex sent me a message on Twitter this morning after I had left for work pointing out that I didn't attribute the canvas properly on the site. I had to wait until I got home from work at the end of the day, but it was the first thing I fixed.

I hope everyone knows that it was an accident and not intentional at all. Getting so involved with getting this tool working properly got me focused so much on my ToDo list that what I forgot to add to the list escaped my vision.

(Bonus!) Stats

I've added stats to the main page of the site on the number of users, projects, and canvases!

This is really as much as it is a favour to myself as it is to make the homepage a bit more dynamic. I wanted an easy way that to see if people are using the tool at all.

Are those all the serous bugs?

I hope I've fixed everything prevent people from using the tool. If I've missed anything feel free to leave a comment here on the blog or send me an @ reply on Twitter @bmstack.