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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Delivery Shape Up |
|---|---|---|
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. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-4 pro Pitch |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy |
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