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| Criterion |  Facilitation Mind Mapping |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early. | 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 an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 5-15 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration |
Participantsdifferent | 1-10 | 1-5 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Mind Map, Topic Clusters, Open Questions | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report |
Tagsno overlap | BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions |
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