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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Product Discovery Problem Interview | ![]() Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 5-12 Interviews | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tags1 shared | StartupValidationCompetition | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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