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Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
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Innovation
Brainwriting
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 an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.When loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-4 Wochen15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
1-53-10 Kunden3-12
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP RisksIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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