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| Criterion |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Operations Waste Analysis |  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. | For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. | 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 | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 5-15 min | 45-120 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | StartupValidationCompetition | WasteLeanProcess improvement | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |
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