Previously, Jake worked at Google, leading sprints for everything from Gmail to Google X.
The companies that Google Ventures invest in face big questions every day: Where's the most important place to focus your effort, and how do you start? Before joining Google Ventures, he was a design lead at YouTube and an early employee of FeedBurner, which Google acquired in 2007.About the Author:Jake Knapp created the Google Ventures sprint process and has run more than a hundred sprints with startups such as 23andme, Slack, Nest, and Foundation Medicine. When he moved to Google Ventures, he joined Braden Kowitz and John Zeratsky, both designers and partners there who have worked on numerous products, including the YouTube redesign. How many meetings and discussions does it take before you can be sure you have the right solution to a problem? They've seen firsthand how sprints can overcome challenges in all kinds of companies: healthcare, fitness, finance, retailers, and more.