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| Criterion |  Growth Flywheel |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Growth Hooked Model |  Innovation Lean Startup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | The Hooked Model helps clarify engagement loops, user behavior, and experiments. It makes repeat behavior measurable and captures the result as a hooked loop, trigger map, and reward design. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 60-120 min | 45-90 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision |
Tagsno overlap | GrowthRetentionConversion | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | GrowthBehaviorRetention | LeanStartupValidationMVP |