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Criterion
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of a participant using a prototype while an observer takes notes beside a highlighted usability issue.
UX Research
Usability Testing
Paper illustration of a Lean Canvas with nine fields, notes, and one highlighted learning risk.
Product Strategy
Lean Canvas
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 product is built but people get stuck on tasks, usability testing shows the friction at concrete points. Observed use instead of self-report makes visible where orientation, understanding, or interaction breaks down.When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
5-15 min1-2 h je Session45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-5Based on research question1-6
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepUsability Issues, Severity List, RecommendationsLean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
StartupValidationCompetition
ValidationUXPrototype
StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Design Sprint with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Design Sprint
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing