John Zeratsky
Designer and author
John Zeratsky is a bestselling author and former technology designer who helped develop the design sprint process. He wrote Make Time and co-wrote Sprint.
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American Born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States
About John Zeratsky
John Zeratsky spent nearly 15 years as a designer for technology companies, including YouTube and Google. He joined FeedBurner early in its life, before Google bought the company in 2007. During his time at Google Ventures (GV), he helped shape the design sprint method and worked with close to 200 startups. He also served as GV's in-house copywriter and editor, and created the GV Library. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, TIME, Harvard Business Review, Wired and Fast Company. He has also spoken on stage nearly 200 times. Zeratsky studied journalism at the University of Wisconsin and graduated from its School of Human Ecology. He is originally from Wisconsin, and later he and Michelle, his wife, made homes in Chicago and San Francisco. They spent 18 months traveling in Central America by sailboat before settling in Milwaukee in 2019.