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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
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Operations
Eat the Frog
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.Helps clarify architecture context, options, and consequences in concrete terms. It organizes technical context, alternatives, and consequences. The result is captured as an Annotated Diagram, a Prioritized Risk List, and an Action Backlog.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min60-90 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
1-54-121
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Ivy Lee Method
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Pomodoro Technique
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ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping