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Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Iceberg Model method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Iceberg Model
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 Iceberg Model separates visible events from patterns, structures, and mental models. This turns a single observation into a deeper understanding of why a problem keeps recurring.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
1-52-10
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepIceberg Worksheet, Pattern Notes, Intervention Ideas
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
Systems thinkingRoot causePatterns
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