John Zeratsky spent time working for YouTube, Google and VC fund Google Ventures before co-founding his own Milwaukee-based VC fund, Character, with Jake Knapp in 2021. After less than a year in ...

Former GV investors have raised $30 million for a new venture fund named Character, to invest in startups using a design-centric VC strategy. Product designers turned investors John Zeratsky, Jake ...

In today’s busy world, making time for what matters can feel like one more impossible item on our to-do list. But according to productivity experts John Zeratsky and Jake Knapp, it doesn’t have to be.

Some days we don’t have enough time, other days we have too much. As a result, we either never get around to the things we really want to do, or we procrastinate. That’s why productivity expert John ...

Subscribe to BizTimes Daily – Local news about the people, companies and issues that impact business in Milwaukee and Southeast Wisconsin. Technology designer and startup investor John Zeratsky ...

CINCINNATI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Former Google designer Jake Knapp, creator of the Design Sprint, released a second book Make Time, with co-author John Zeratsky, about creating time and finding focus in ...

John Zeratsky doesn't have email on his phone. He only reads the news once a week. His calendar is scheduled down to the minute. This is all part of how the ex-Google and YouTube tech guy makes time.

We are entering a golden era of software product design. Advances in software engineering allow us to create new products faster than ever, so we rely on design to differentiate products and make them ...

After publishing an essay on five principles for great interface copywriting, I heard from hundreds of entrepreneurs, designers, and product managers who wanted to learn more about copywriting. The ...

Former GV product design-focused partners launch a new early-stage venture fund called Character. The fund plans to use an investment strategy based on the "design sprint" process. Character has ...