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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | The 5-Minute VC Check clarifies opportunities and strategic options at the earliest idea stage. It compares problem quality, customer willingness to pay, alternatives, differentiation, and market potential, and captures the result as a VC-check note, go/sharpen/park decision, and risk list. | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-90 min | 5-15 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-5 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | StartupValidationCompetition | StrategyCompetitionMarket |