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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tags1 shared | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |
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