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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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Innovation
Lean Startup
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Product Discovery
Learning Card
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.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.The Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible.
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Timedifferent
5-15 minWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus25-40 min
Participantsdifferent
1-52-81-5
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Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionLearning Card with evidence and next action
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StartupValidationCompetition
LeanStartupValidationMVP
ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning
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