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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Facilitation Stakeholder Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. | When an initiative depends on many people, interests, and power dynamics, Stakeholder Mapping systematically orders the environment. It shows who influences, who is affected, and where relationship management or safeguarding matters first. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 60–90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Stakeholder Map, Engagement Plan, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | StakeholdersAlignmentFacilitationChange |
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