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Sprint
How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Book • 2016
This book introduces the Design Sprint, a five-day process developed by Jake Knapp at Google and refined with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz at Google Ventures.
The method helps teams answer critical business questions by moving from idea to prototype to decision within a short period.
It is applicable to teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100 companies, and covers various sectors such as healthcare, finance, and e-commerce.
The book provides a step-by-step framework for rapid innovation, including team structuring, customer-centric mapping, and rapid prototyping and testing.
The method helps teams answer critical business questions by moving from idea to prototype to decision within a short period.
It is applicable to teams of any size, from small startups to Fortune 100 companies, and covers various sectors such as healthcare, finance, and e-commerce.
The book provides a step-by-step framework for rapid innovation, including team structuring, customer-centric mapping, and rapid prototyping and testing.
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, describing the five-day product innovation process.


Jake Knapp


John Zeratsky

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Rapidly test and validate any startup idea with the 2-day Foundation Sprint (from the creators of the Design Sprint) | Jake Knapp & John Zeratsky (Character Capital)
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as a seminal book written by the guests, focusing on design sprints.


Lenny Rachitsky

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Making time for what matters | Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky (authors of Sprint and Make Time, co-founders of Character Capital)
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as a helpful book for learning about sprint techniques.


Marty Cagan

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The nature of product | Marty Cagan, Silicon Valley Product Group
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as a favorite book.

Jiaona Zhang

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Building minimum lovable products, stories from WeWork and Airbnb, and thriving as a PM | Jiaona Zhang (Webflow, WeWork, Airbnb, Dropbox)
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as an example of a book whose author he reached out to for a collaboration, which led to significant business growth.


Jonathan Courtney

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How to get your first customers (even with ZERO audience)
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as a book about the design sprint process.


Jake Knapp

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Jake Knapp: Click—How to make what people want
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as one of 

's books.


Brett McKay


Jake Knapp

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How to Create a Distraction-Free Phone
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as books written by 

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Chris Hutchins


Jake Knapp


John Zeratsky

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12 Tactics to Make More Time EVERY Day with Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
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as the author of "Sprint", a book that inspired his outreach strategy.


Jonathan Courtney

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How to meet anyone you want
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as his first book, detailing the design sprint method.


Jake Knapp

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Jake Knapp: The Founder’s Guide to Product-Market Fit
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as one of 

's books, focusing on decision-making processes.

Amantha Imber


Jake Knapp

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The decision-making traps you fall into every day: and how Jake Knapp avoids them
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as one of the two books that shares the process for testing out new ideas to solve big problems.


Michael Bungay-Stanier

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Stop Planning, Start Prototyping Change: John Zeratsky
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as books he co-authored with Jake Knapp.


John Zeratsky

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Even More AI
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as the basis for Wealthfront's product market fit process.


David Myszewski

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Episode 214: From Apple to FinTech: Balancing Automation & Customer Trust with David Myszewski
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in relation to design sprints and ![undefined]()

's work.


Carol Guest

Michael Margolis

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#161 - Learn More Faster About Customers with Michael Margolis of GV
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in the introduction of Jake Knapp, who is the author of the book.


Konstantin Kisin

The State of the World Economy with Liam Halligan
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as a resource for implementing sprint methodologies.


Cal Newport

Ep. 144: LISTENER CALLS: Is Overload Necessary?
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as a book they authored.


Jake Knapp


John Zeratsky

Character Labs
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as a previously published book by the podcast hosts.


John Zeratsky

Freedom of Movement
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as another great book written by the same authors of 'Make Time'.

Amantha Imber

Five ways to make time for what matters