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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Engineering Hypothesis-Driven Troubleshooting |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|
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 systems fail unexpectedly, spontaneous attempts often produce more noise than insight. Hypothesis-driven Troubleshooting translates symptoms into testable assumptions and makes troubleshooting learnable. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-240 min | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 1-6 | 1-5 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Hypothesis Log, Test Plan, Evidence Notes, Diagnosis Summary | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | TroubleshootingProblem solvingDiagnosis | StartupValidationCompetition |
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