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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Solution Interview |  Product Discovery Smoke 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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 30-60 min je Interview | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 5-10 Interviews | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Solution Feedback, Objection List, Validation Notes | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tags1 shared | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationInterviewsPrototype | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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