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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Growth Hooked Model |  Product Discovery Fake Door Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | 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. | When demand is still unclear, it measures interest in a feature before it is built. It separates real behavior from polite agreement and deliberately keeps build effort small. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | Multiple workshops over several weeks | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check | Click Data, Interest Signal, Learning Decision |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | GrowthBehaviorRetention | ValidationExperimentsDemandDiscovery |
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