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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|
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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |
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