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Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of Value Chain Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Value Chain Analysis
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list.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.
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Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-81-5
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Knowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanValue Chain Map, Lever ListVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeMappingRisk
StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis
StartupValidationCompetition
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Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
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Business Strategy
VRIO Framework
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Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
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Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas