Sprint – Jake Knapp

How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Book: Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

Book Synopsis – 

Sprint offers a transformative formula for testing ideas that works whether you’re at a startup or a large organization. Within five days, you’ll move from idea to prototype to decision, saving you and your team countless hours and countless dollars. A must read for entrepreneurs of all stripes.” —Eric Ries, author of The Lean Startup

From three partners at Google Ventures, a unique five-day process for solving tough problems, proven at more than a hundred companies.

Entrepreneurs and leaders face big questions every day: What’s the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? What will your idea look like in real life? How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution?

Now there’s a surefire way to answer these important questions: the sprint. Designer Jake Knapp created the five-day process at Google, where sprints were used on everything from Google Search to Google X. He joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky at Google Ventures, and together they have completed more than a hundred sprints with companies in mobile, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, and more.

A practical guide to answering critical business questions, Sprint is a book for teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100s, from teachers to nonprofits. It’s for anyone with a big opportunity, problem, or idea who needs to get answers today. (Amazon)

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Set the Stage

Challenge

Team

Time and Space

Monday

Start at the End

Map

Ask the Experts

Target

Tuesday

Remix and Improve

Sketch

Wednesday

Decide

Rumble

Storyboard

Thursday

Fake it

Prototype

Friday

Small Data

Interview

Learn

Liftoff

One last nudge to help you start

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