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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days by Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz — WisdomDeck honest review
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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days

by Jake Knapp with John Zeratsky and Braden Kowitz

Google Ventures' five-day process: map Monday, sketch Tuesday, decide Wednesday, prototype Thursday, test Friday with five customers. Precise, checklist-driven and adopted everywhere.

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you want to test a big idea in a week.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Five days; one prototype; five customers.
  2. Decide with the decider, not by consensus.
  3. Fake it realistically.

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Schedule a sprint and follow the checklists exactly the first time.

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Five days to a tested idea.

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