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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Architecture Architecture Inception Canvas |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-2 h | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Inception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | AlignmentArchitectureCanvas | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |
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