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| Criterion |  Business Strategy PESTLE Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Business Strategy Ansoff Matrix |  Growth A/B Testing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 5-15 min | 45-90 min | 1-4 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-5 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic Questions | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Ansoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyMarketAnalysis | StartupValidationCompetition | GrowthStrategyMarketPortfolio | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation |