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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Growth A/B Testing |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | 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 demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |