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Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points.When a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.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 h45-90 min5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-81-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
Tagsno overlap
StrategyCompetitionMarket
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
StartupValidationCompetition
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Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
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Paper illustration of Lean Startup with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
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