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Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
1-52-4 pro Pitch1
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
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StartupValidationCompetition
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
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