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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.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.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowHighLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min8-15 min1-4 Wochen30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-51-101-64-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryIdea pool, Theme clusters, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
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