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Criterion
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Concierge MVP
Product Discovery
Concierge MVP
Purposedifferent
Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth.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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.When an idea can first fail or grow through genuine hands-on support, it relies on manual work instead of automation. It shows whether user value holds up even under manual execution.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
60-120 min5-15 min45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
3-81-52-83-10 Kunden
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment BacklogVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanConcierge Learnings, Service Blueprint, MVP Risks
Tagsno overlap
GrowthRetentionConversion
StartupValidationCompetition
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
MVPValidationServiceDiscovery
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