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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Learning Card |  Growth Growth Experiment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. | 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 Learning Card connects traceable test results to a reasoned next action while keeping the limits of the insight visible. | When growth ideas surface quickly, the temptation to build immediately instead of learning is high. A Growth Experiment frames an assumption so target group, lever, and measurement are clear before the first deployment. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-5 Tage | 5-15 min | 25-40 min | 1-2 Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | Nutzertraffic | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Learning Card with evidence and next action | Experiment card, Result summary, Next bet |
Tagsno overlap | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth | StartupValidationCompetition | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryLearning | MarketingGrowthExperimentsLearning |