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| Criterion |  Growth Pirate Metrics AARRR |  Growth Flywheel |  Growth Hooked Model |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For products with complex usage paths, overall growth alone is too coarse to reveal bottlenecks. Pirate Metrics breaks the relationship with the product into consecutive stages and shows where the funnel actually leaks. | Growth often breaks down where a reinforcing mechanism builds up too much friction. A Flywheel shows the cycle of value, repetition, and reinforcement meant to sustain growth. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 60-120 min | Multiple workshops over several weeks |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | AARRR funnel, Metric baseline, Experiment backlog | Flywheel Map, Friction Points, Growth Levers, Experiment Backlog | Hooked loop, Trigger map, Reward design, Ethics check |
Tags1 shared | GrowthMetricsExperiments | GrowthRetentionConversion | GrowthBehaviorRetention |
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