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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud | ![]() Systems Thinking Intervention Mapping | ![]() Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | Intervention Mapping translates a need for change into a planned, evaluable program. The method connects target group, determinants, actions, and measurement into a traceable chain. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 1-5 Tage | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Logic Model, Change Objectives, Intervention Components, Evaluation Plan | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | ChangeSystems thinkingCapability | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |



