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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Product Discovery Pretotyping |  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. | Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data. | 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 | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min je Interview | Stunden bis wenige Tage | 30-60 min je Interview |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 5-10 Interviews | 1-4 | 5-12 Interviews |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decision | Problem Evidence, Risk Notes, Customer Segments |
Tags1 shared | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | ValidationDemandMVP | DiscoveryInterviewsValidation |