Rapid Prototyping for Entrepreneurs| Build a Demo in 2 hours

Learn how to wireframe and create realistic interactive prototypes in just 2 hours, all without using code.

Created by: Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

What Will I Learn?

• Understand the benefits and correct usage of prototypes
• Understand the basic terminology of web and design speak
• Use Sprintkick's product creation framework: Sx5
• Efficiently create and articulate a strategy for your product
• Outline the scope and specifications of your potential product
• Create professional sketches of your product with just a pen and paper
• Create "sketch" wireframes with Balsamiq
• Used advanced features and export settings in Balsamiq
• Create non-sketch wireframes of your idea in Pidoco
• Use all advanced features and techniques in Pidoco
• Build a sitemap for outlining your product and communicating your project externally
• Bring reviewers and collaborators into your design process to accelerate your feedback cycle
• Take design assets and convert them into a format that Pidoco can accept
• Create a functional and interactive prototype in Pidoco
• Present your prototype in the best possible way to investors, team members, and developers

Requirements

• Basic computer skills and access to the internet.
• A minimum half day's worth of time to devote to the class .

Target audience

• Entrepreneurs who want to take their game to the next level by prototyping their ideas before building.
• Any person who is non-technical and wants to develop skills that will allow them to create professional web / mobile apps.
• Project and product managers who want a more effective way of pitching new features and ideas.
• Marketers who want a more rigorous way of testing their ideas before launching them.
• Anyone who works for a web or marketing agency that wants to win more clients and have an advantage against competition.
• Anyone who wants to minimize risk and cost associated with launching their ideas.
• Anyone who aspires to be an entrepreneur but lacks the skills or the confidence.
• Anyone looking to hire, outsource, or contract a developer / designer but wants a more accurate estimate and lower price.