Jake & JZ
Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
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End of Season 1
It’s the end of Season 1 for Jake & JZ! In this mini episode, we announce that we’re taking a break to publish our new book Click and launch some other cool projects.Shoot, we gave away the…
Freedom of Movement
A conversation with a founder inspired this discussion about maintaining freedom of movement while you build new products and companies. It might be the most important startup thing that nobody ever…
Even More AI
Two days after recording our last episode about AI, DeepSeek R1 was released, prompting some of you to ask us a set of new questions about how AI will affect the future of work, products, startups,…
AI, Startups, and the Future of Work
Our latest thoughts on AI! At Character Capital, most of our investments are in AI companies. How will recent advancements change how products are designed and startups are built? Our cofounder Eli…
Caffeine
10 years ago, we learned how caffeine really works, and it changed how we use, consume, and enjoy coffee. Tune in for a Jake & JZ deep dive on caffeine — from working with Blue Bottle, to our…
Our new book Click!!!
We wrote a new book!!! It’s called Click and it’s all about the Foundation Sprint, our new 2-day method for kicking off big projects!We are SUPER excited to share it with you all, and this week’s…
Character Labs
ANNOUNCEMENT: We are hosting a live online event to introduce the Foundation Sprint!! Join us for an early look at our new sprint method and a cool surprise!On the podcast: Character Labs is BACK, so…
Our Essential Books
We discuss three essential books that help us break through uncertainty and focus on the most important work. If you want to get better at designing products and building companies, we think you…
Perfection Anxiety
Jake gets a bit vulnerable and talks about Perfection Anxiety, which he’s struggled with since childhood. If you ever feel stuck, or worry your work won’t be good enough, be sure to check out this…
A Distraction-Free iPhone
This episode is about our SINGLE BEST technique for avoiding distraction every day. In part two of our mini series on Make Time, Jake describes the Distraction-Free iPhone — which he started doing 10…
The Highlight Method
How do you make time for what matters? In this episode, we share a simple habit called The Highlight Method, inspired by the Design Sprint, that we both use to focus our efforts on the most important…
The Name Sprint
This might be our most tactical episode ever. If you’re starting something new, check it out! Not to brag, but it’s FULL of proven tactics for making big decisions about new projects.This week we…
The Conviction Punch with Eli Blee-Goldman(!)
A special chance to meet Eli, the third founder of Character, and learn about the inner workings of venture capital. This week on episode 6 of Jake & JZ we talked about:How Jake got to ride in…
Designers Like to Steal
This week on episode 5, we talked about:The music you listened to between ages 12 and 20 (and how it’s the best, no matter how old you are)Revisiting the music video for Cannonball by The…
Good Beans
This week on episode 4, we talked about:Jake's train stationA disappointing dialog at the end of Diablo 3What’s so incredibly great about hoodiesTeddy Ruxpin, the original edtech product for…
The Startup Wayback Machine
This week on episode 3 of Jake & JZ, we talked about:The Seinfeld Moviefone episode (”Why don’t you just tell me what the product does?”)The Startup Wayback Machine (continued!), our technique…
What Why How
This week on Jake & JZ, we talked about:What Why How, our simple framework for great marketingHow successful companies apply this framework… or don’t! We compared Oura, Fathom, Playdate, Fletch,…
Anxious About Not Coding
This week on Jake & JZ, we talked about:Advantages of remote vs IRL work for startup teamsCharacter Labs, our sprint program for pre-seed foundersWhy some founders feel anxious when they aren’t…
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Jake & JZ has published 18 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Business, Society & Culture.
Jake & JZ is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 51m.
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