Business Model Canvas & Lean Canvas · Core
Channel
Also called: distribution channel
ELI5
The way the business reaches customers.
Used in conversation
“The canvas lists partners, but the channel economics are missing.”
Definition
A route through which a company reaches, sells to, delivers to or communicates with customers.
Here “Channel” means: A route through which a company reaches, sells to, delivers to or communicates with customers.
Pitch context
You will see “Channel” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches business model canvas & lean canvas.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret business model canvas & lean canvas without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Connected terms
- ChannelThe same visible label “Channel” names different concepts.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16