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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Decision Making Pareto Analysis | ![]() Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test | ![]() Product Discovery Experiment Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | When experiments become unreadable after the fact, it arranges hypothesis, signal, and learning goal on a single canvas. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a Completed Experiment Canvas and a Success Metric. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 1-6 | 2-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | Completed Experiment Canvas, Success Metric |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryHypothesis |



