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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Growth Golden Circle |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In positioning and communication, what an offering actually stands for often becomes blurred. The Golden Circle sharpens a product's inner rationale and connects purpose, approach, and offering into a clear statement. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Why Statement, Messaging Notes, Positioning Draft | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | MarketingPositioningCommunication | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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