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| Criterion | ![]() Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check | ![]() Systems Thinking Systems Mapping | ![]() Systems Thinking Leverage Points |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins. | Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 1-3 h | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | System Map, Dependencies, Leverage Points | Leverage Map, Action Strategy |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange | Systems thinkingChangeStrategy |
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