A transitional business model is used by companies to enter a market (usually a niche) to gain initial traction and prove the idea is sound. The transitional business model helps the company secure the needed capital while having a reality check. It helps shape the long-term vision and a scalable business model.
Tesla: from electric sport’s car to everyone’s electric car
It was 2006, when Tesla, with his co-founder Martin Eberhard, launched a sport’s car which broke down the trade-off between high performance and fuel efficiency.
Tesla, which for a few years had been building up an electric sport’s car ready to be marketed, finally pulled it off.
As Elon Musk would explain Back in 2012: “In 2006 our plan was to build an electric sports car followed by an affordable electric sedan, and reduce our dependence on oil…delivering Model S is a…