Jake Knapp
Created the Design Sprint at Google; co-wrote Sprint, Make Time and Click; co-founder of Character Capital.
At a glance
Roles
Character Capital (co-founder and general partner)
Connections
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- Jake Knapp is an American designer, investor and author.
- He created the Design Sprint at Google in 2010, helped build Gmail and Microsoft Encarta, co-founded Google Meet and was a partner at Google Ventures.
- With John Zeratsky he wrote Sprint, Make Time and Click, and in 2022 they created the Foundation Sprint.
- The two co-founded the venture fund Character Capital, where he is a general partner.
Key facts
- Character Capital
- Co-founder and general partner1
- Design Sprint
- Created it at Google in 2010; Sprint, the book, published 20162
- Earlier
- Helped build Gmail and Microsoft Encarta, co-founded Google Meet, partner at Google Ventures2
- Books
- Sprint, Make Time and Click, with John Zeratsky1
- Foundation Sprint
- Created with John Zeratsky in 20223
Roles
Connections
Links
Sources
- Character: Our Team (opens character.vc)
- Sprint (book site): About the authors (opens thesprintbook.com)
- John Zeratsky: About (opens johnzeratsky.com)
- Lenny's Podcast: Rapidly test and validate any startup idea with the 2-day Foundation Sprint (from the creators of the Design Sprint) (13 July 2025) (opens lennysnewsletter.com)
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