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Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
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 PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-3 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-51
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepPARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge Archive
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StartupValidationCompetition
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)