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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | High | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage | Half day | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic | 3-8 | 1-6 |
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 | Value Chain Map, Lever List | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |