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Paper illustration of Pretotyping with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Pretotyping
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Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Purposedifferent
Pretotyping clarifies whether a customer problem and solution idea create enough real demand. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence, and captures the result as a pretotyping sketch, test setup, and conversion data.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.
Complexitysame
LowLow
Timedifferent
Stunden bis wenige Tage5-15 min
Participantsdifferent
1-41-5
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Pretotyping sketch, Test setup, Conversion data, Go or no-go decisionVC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step
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ValidationDemandMVP
StartupValidationCompetition
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