Business Model Canvas & Lean Canvas · Core
Key resource
Also called: critical resource
ELI5
Something essential for the business model to work.
Used in conversation
“The licence is a key resource, not a footnote.”
Definition
An asset or capability required for the business model to function.
Here “Key resource” means: An asset or capability required for the business model to function.
Pitch context
You will see “Key resource” 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.
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