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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 30-60 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | GrowthMetricsExperiments | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio |