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Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of Porter’s five competitive forces
Business Strategy
Porter Five Forces
Paper illustration of a two-by-two Ansoff Matrix with four growth directions
Business Strategy
Ansoff Matrix
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.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.The Ansoff Matrix organizes growth options by market and product relation. It helps weigh expansion, diversification, and adaptation cleanly against each other.
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LowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-5 Tage1-3 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Nutzertraffic2-82-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning NoteFive Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic OptionsAnsoff Matrix, Growth Options, Risk Notes
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ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth
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Paper illustration for Fake Door Test
Product Discovery
Fake Door Test
Paper illustration of Five-Minute VC Check with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
5-Minuten VC-Check
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping