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| Criterion |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | PESTLE Analysis makes political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental influences visible. The environment of an initiative is thereby read systematically instead of through isolated trends. | 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 | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 5-15 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-12 | 2-10 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step |
Tagsno overlap | LeanStartupValidationMVP | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StartupValidationCompetition |