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Criterion
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.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 many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min5-15 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-201-54-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
StartupValidationCompetition
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Round Robin Brainstorming
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