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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Innovation Design Thinking |  Product Discovery Problem Interview |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a solution idea is already on the table, it checks how it is understood and evaluated. It looks for resonance, objections, and missing fit early in the conversation. | For complex user problems with an uncertain cause, the method connects observation, interpretation, and experiment into a learning cycle. It keeps the focus on real needs and avoids premature solution language. This produces robust decisions for product and service. | When the picture of the problem still needs to become solid, it asks about real situations and consequences. It separates genuine suffering from mere interest in a solution. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 1 Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 5-10 Interviews | 4-10 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Problem Statement, Prototype, Test Learnings | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | InnovationPrototypeResearch | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation |