Weekly podcast about startups, design, marketing, technology… and anything else we’re thinking about. 🤓
Hosted by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, co-founders of Character Capital and bestselling authors of Sprint and Make Time.
Jake & JZ
Claim This Podcastby Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky
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18 episodes
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Weekly podcast about startups, design, marketing, technology… and anything else we’re thinking about. 🤓 Hosted by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, co-founders of Character Capital and bestselling authors of Sprint and Make Time.
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Recent Episodes
March 27, 2025
End of Season 1
<p>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 <a href="https://www.theclickbook.com/">Click</a> and launch some other cool projects.</p><p>Shoot, we gave away the content of the episode in the show notes! Still, it’s worth tuning in to hear our conversation about:</p><ul><li>Jake’s new <a href="https://www.elgato.com/us/en/p/prompter">Elgato teleprompter</a> (not an ad)</li><li>The <a href="https://icontactcamera.com/">iContact Camera</a> (also not an ad)</li><li>Baby Mama and the gift of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMSd1IbxmFA">uninterrupted eye contact</a></li><li>Why human visual perception is a prediction</li><li>Why Zoom calls are so exhausting</li><li>Visual ASMR</li></ul><p>If you have ideas or requests for Season 2, please send us an email at <a href="mailto:hey@jakeandjz.com">hey@jakeandjz.com</a>. We’d love to hear from you!</p><p>Thanks for listening and watching, and we’ll see you soon.</p><p>📩 Subscribe to our newsletter at <a href="https://www.JakeandJZ.com">JakeAndJZ.com</a></p><p>💸 Learn more about our seed fund at <a href="http://www.character.vc">Character Capital</a></p><p>🥸 Find Jake on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-knapp/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jakek">X</a></p><p>🤠 Find JZ on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzeratsky/">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/johnzeratsky.com">Blue Sky</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jazer">X</a></p>
March 19, 2025
Freedom of Movement
<p>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 talks about: The need to stay nimble and not give away your advantages by pre-committing to decisions that steal your freedom of movement.</p><p>On episode 17 of Jake & JZ, we also talked about:</p><ul><li>How startups beat big companies</li><li>Identifying your unique advantages in a <a href="https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/introducing-the-foundation-sprint">Foundation Sprint</a></li><li><a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopB992VYwAKStOq61JwCQjWeODzIq1hI1-3oAQP7uAKdE8vTE4e">Eight Sleep</a>, but it’s not an ad!</li><li>New and old sleep tactics that we use every night</li><li>Recording the audiobook for <a href="https://www.theclickbook.com/">Click</a></li><li>And much more</li></ul><p>Have a question for us? Send it to <a href="mailto:hey@jakeandjz.com">hey@jakeandjz.com</a> and we’ll answer it on the show.</p><p>📩 Get an email about every episode at <a href="https://www.JakeandJZ.com">JakeAndJZ.com</a></p><p>💸 Learn more about our seed fund at <a href="http://www.character.vc">Character Capital</a></p><p>🥸 Find Jake on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-knapp/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jakek">X</a></p><p>🤠 Find JZ on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzeratsky/">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/johnzeratsky.com">Blue Sky</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jazer">X</a></p>
February 27, 2025
Even More AI
<p>Two days after recording <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oYkCz48j28">our last episode about AI</a>, 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, and investing.</p><p>Jake is off this week, but we invited our cofounder and partner <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eli-blee-goldman/">Eli Blee-Goldman</a> back to help JZ answer these questions and — for at least a brief moment — get us caught up on the latest developments in the world of AI.</p><p>This week on episode 16 of Jake & JZ, we talked about:</p><ul><li>Why DeepSeek R1 caused such a stir</li><li>How AI innovation can come from anywhere</li><li>Our 3 newest investments at Character Capital</li><li>Types of AI founders (with examples!)</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/akiani_building-ai-mortality-activity-7293348208854933504-c9Z1/">Two important lessons from a Character founder</a></li><li>Doing it right vs getting it right</li><li>The downside of being able to build so quickly</li><li>Our recent Foundation Sprint Bootcamp</li><li>How we get better at sprints by learning from the community</li></ul><p>Have a question for us? Send it to <a href="mailto:hey@jakeandjz.com">hey@jakeandjz.com</a> and we’ll answer it on the show.</p><p>📩 Get an email about every episode at <a href="https://www.JakeandJZ.com">JakeAndJZ.com</a></p><p>💸 Learn more about our seed fund at <a href="http://www.character.vc">Character Capital</a></p><p>🥸 Find Jake on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-knapp/">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jakek">X</a></p><p>🤠 Find JZ on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnzeratsky/">LinkedIn</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/johnzeratsky.com">Blue Sky</a> and <a href="https://www.x.com/jazer">X</a></p>
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