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Criterion
Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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.For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-4 WochenWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus5-15 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
5-202-81-51-6
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
UX researchTrackingBehavior
LeanStartupValidationMVP
StartupValidationCompetition
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
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