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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.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.
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Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-4 Wochen5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
5-201-61-5
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
StartupValidationCompetition
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Product Discovery
Smoke Test
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Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas
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Product Discovery
Fake Door Test