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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |
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