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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
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
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.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
5-15 min60-90 min25 min Zyklen15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
1-54-1211
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepAnnotated Diagram, Prioritized Risk List, Action BacklogFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption NotesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
RiskArchitectureWorkshopValidation
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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