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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Growth A/B Testing |  Innovation Design Charrette |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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. | In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-4 Wochen | Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-6 | 10-50 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |