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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-4 Wochen | 30-60 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-6 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyCompetitionMarket |