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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 Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
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.Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Multiple workshops over several weeks5-15 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-81-52-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics checkVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation stepFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options
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GrowthBehaviorRetention
StartupValidationCompetition
StrategyCompetitionMarket
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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