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| Criterion |  Business Strategy SWOT Analysis |  Business Strategy 5-Minuten VC-Check |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 5-15 min | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 1-5 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list | VC-check note, Go/sharpen/park decision, Risk and assumption list, Next validation step | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning | StartupValidationCompetition | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |
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