Jake Knapp

NEW YORK TIMES bestseller WALL STREET JOURNAL bestseller 'Sprint offers a transformative formua 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 business problems, proven at more than 100 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 one 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.

Unternehmer, Grunder und Teams stehen taglich vor der Herausforderung: Womit soll man zuerst anfangen, worauf sich am meisten fokussieren? Und wie viele Diskussionen und Meetings sind notig, bevor man ganz sicher die garantiert richtige Losung hat? Die Folge ist, dass allzu oft das Projekt auf der Stelle tritt und man uberhaupt nicht vorwartskommt.Dafur gibt es eine geniale Losung: Sprint. Die ist ein einzigartiger, innovativer und narrensicherer Prozess, mit dem sich die hartesten Probleme in nur funf Tagen losen lassen von Montag bis Freitag. Der Entwickler Jake Knapp entwarf diesen Prozess bei und fur Google, wo er seither in allen Bereichen genutzt wird. Zusammen mit John Zeratsky und Braden Kowitz hat er daruber hinaus bereits mehr als 100 Sprints in Firmen aus unterschiedlichen Bereichen durchgefuhrt.Der Sprint-Prozess bietet praktische Hilfe fur Unternehmen aller Groen, vom kleinen Start-up bis hin zum Fortune-100-Unternehmen. Die Methode ist auch fur alle anderen bewahrt, die vor einem groen Problem stehen, schnell eine Idee testen oder einfach eine Moglichkeit schnell ergreifen wollen.

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.

Aprovechando su experiencia en el diseño de productos tecnológicos, desde Gmail hasta YouTube, los autores de este libro pasaron años experimentando con sus propios hábitos y rutinas, buscando formas de ayudar a las personas a optimizar su energia, enfoque y tiempo.Se trata de dedicar tiempo a lo realmente importante fomentando nuevos habitos y replanteando los valores adquiridos fruto de la actividad frenetica y de la distraccion.Reseñas:Make Time es un manifiesto encantador, una guia amigable que nos ayudara a encontrar la concentracion y la energia en nuestro dia a dia."El metodo Make Time es un manifiesto excelente, asi como una guia audaz para crear tu mismo habitos que perduren. Si quieres conseguir mas en la vida (sin volverte loco), lee este libro."CHARLES DUHIGG, autor de los exitos de ventas The Power of Habit y Smarter Faster Bettera"Demasiado a menudo nos atascamos con las obligaciones diarias y apenas tenemos tiempo para lo que mas nos importa. En este poderoso libro, Jake Knapp y John Zeratsky nos explican como mediante pequeños cambios en tu vida diaria puedes dedicar mas tiempo a las personas y a las actividades que te dan energia y te satisfacen. Es una

Creado por Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky y Braden Kowitz, tres socios de Google Ventures, SPRINT es un metodo único e infalible de 5 días para solventar problemas empresariales complicados y conseguir que la viabilidad de un proyecto se implante rapidamente. Probado con exito en mas de 100 ocasiones. Tanto los emprendedores como los directivos tienen que enfrentarse todos los dias a dilemas importantes: ¿Donde hay que poner las prioridades y por donde hay que empezar?, ¿cuantas reuniones son necesarias para dar con la solucion mas adecuada? Ahora ya disponemos de un metodo seguro para responder a estas cuestiones cruciales: el Sprint. El diseñador Jake Knapp creo este proceso de cinco dias en Google, donde los sprints se empleaban para todo tipo de proyectos, desde el Google Search hastaGoogle X. En Google Ventures empezo a trabajar con Braden Kowitz y John Zeratsky y los tres han conducido mas de cien sprints con empresas del sector de la telefonia movil, del comercio electronico, la sanidad, las finanzas y otros. Como guia practica para resolver importantes problemas empresariales, Sprint puede resultar muy util para todo tipo de equipos de cualquier dimension, desde pequeñas startu

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. Companies and leaders often have great ideas. But, before they can turn their ideas into successful products, they need to answer some big questions.Now there is a way to answer these questions without weeks or months of meetings and discussions. It is called "the sprint".