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Paper illustration of a six-field PESTLE grid
Business Strategy
PESTLE Analysis
Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Lean Startup
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
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.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 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
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hWochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-102-81-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PESTLE Map, External Risks, Strategic QuestionsHypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decisionVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
StrategyMarketAnalysis
LeanStartupValidationMVP
StartupValidationCompetition
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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
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Paper illustration of a SWOT matrix with four separated quadrants and marked strategic options.
Business Strategy
SWOT Analysis
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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Business Strategy
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