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Criterion
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
StartupValidationCompetition
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