Google Product Design: For the first time, the Google Developers Group Greece community, representing GDG Heraklion, GDG Thessaloniki and GDG Athens, is organizing the official Google Product Design Sprint in Heraklion, Crete on July 26 and 27, as part of Google After I/O Extended Heraklion 2017.
The Google Product Design Sprint uses design thinking to reduce the inherent risks involved in successfully bringing products to market.
It was developed by Google Ventures and is a successful methodology for developing strategy, innovation and “Design Thinking” that can be used by any team (company, startup) planning to introduce a new business proposal / product to the market.
It is a rapid process of answering critical questions through understanding | sketching-designing, prototyping & validating ideas.
During the Google Product Design Sprint organized in Heraklion, selected startups and companies, with the help of mentors, will be taught the Product Design Sprint methodology with the aim of being able to apply it to their own products or services.
“The purpose of this special session is to introduce a tool for Startups and Enterprises to reduce the processes when a business is ready to enter the market or is considering introducing a new product/service, through the ability to see the future final product and the reactions of their customers, before making any costly commitments.”
- If you are a startup or company that would like to learn more about the Google Ventures framework, please fill out this form. Applications will close on July 14th and selected startups or companies will be notified by July 16th about their participation in the Product Design Sprint.
- If you would like to participate as a mentor and live this experience, we invite you to fill out this form. The submission of applications will close on July 14. Selected mentors will receive all the necessary information and instructions by July 16.
For more information about the Product Design Sprint in Crete, please refer to the official Design Sprint website.
In Crete, Google Developers Group Greece collaborates with the Youth Entrepreneurship Association, due to its notable contribution to the startup ecosystem, to the professional training and networking of vulnerable groups, and due to its inclusion policies. YEC is a non-profit organization that operates as an “incubator of ideas and dreams of young people interested in entrepreneurship and willing to create”.
