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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 IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-3 hWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus
Participantsdifferent
1-52-82-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
LeanStartupValidationMVP
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Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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Product Discovery
Pretotyping