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Criterion
Paper illustration of Hooked Model with its method-specific working model.
Growth
Hooked Model
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration for Flywheel.
Growth
Flywheel
Purposedifferent
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.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 goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks5-15 min45-90 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-53-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsFlywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog
Tagsno overlap
GrowthBehaviorRetention
StartupValidationCompetition
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
GrowthRetentionConversion
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