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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Strategy Impact Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Impact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery Options | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |
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