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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.

What's the difference between an entrepreneur or product manager that finds the right idea, brings stakeholders on board, and effectively communicates their vision and one that doesn't? A prototype. Yes, the ability to make prototypes can work wonders with your startup or organization. A prototype allows you to not just imagine a product, but make it real. No more spreadsheets or vague verbal desc. Show your users and your team exactly what you want and get taken seriously.



Whether you're a solopreneur or part of a larger organization you need to be able to effectively turn ideas into real, tangible working demos. This course is focused on giving you, the digital professional, the ability to rapidly assemble and deploy working web and mobile prototypes in just a few hours. The best part about this course is that we're going to do it without code. No programming, no technical books to study, no distractions from what you do best.

Entrepreneurs

  • Launch your MVP for free and start getting real user feedback today.
  • Cut through the fundraising noise and show investors something they can understand, a real product.
  • Stop guessing which feature is essential to your vision. Prototype it and test it this morning and have your answers this afternoon.
  • Cut your contracting costs by 50% and save yourself the headaches of misunderstandings and poorly compiled project specs.

Product Managers

  • Stop bugging your developer team to make incremental changes that they don't understand. Show them exactly what you need done and keep them out of the “is it worth it" debate.
  • Test new features and get user feedback before you make major changes.
  • Get organizational approval for initiatives by letting then use the exact thing you're proposing.

Designers

  • Bring some life to your PSDs and make them interactive.
  • Bridge the gap between design and development by removing any chance for miscommunication or misunderstanding.
  • Get more accurate feedback from users and reviewers by deploying your designs in their browser and phones.

Growth hackers

  • Cut your experiment iteration time in half and stop overloading your developer resources.

Web and marketing agencies

  • Get more projects approved and increase your billable hours by pitching your clients with prototypes.
  • Never waste time and money building something incorrectly. Prototype it and find out exactly whether you're on the right path.
  • Win over prospective clients by rapidly building their proposal and demo-ing it back to them. A huge advantage in the client acquisition game.

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There's no course like this online. I'm going to walk you through how you can take an idea, conceptualize the requirements, and roll out a polished and professional prototype, without touching any code.

If you're trying to be successful online, do yourself a favor and learn this incredibly valuable skill.

About the Instructor

Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

Course content

Total 5 hours 34 minutes
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Introduction
1 Course overview Preview 3分43秒
2 Course Format Preview 3分20秒
3 Crash course terminology 11分50秒
4 What is a wireframe; What is a prototype 6分13秒
5 High fidelity and low fidelity 6分28秒
6 Understanding why we use wireframes and prototypes 9分52秒
7 Picking a tool 7分57秒
8 Important things to understand beforehand 4分33秒
9 Following the construction path 18分18秒
10 Section 1 review material 1分00秒
Coming up with details
11 Setting up strategy 11分17秒
12 Setting up scope 18分13秒
13 Section 2 review material 1分00秒
Building our low fidelity version
14 Getting ready to sketch 1分00秒
15 Materials for sketching 3分35秒
16 Sketch it 8分03秒
17 Sketch it 2 14分46秒
18 Upgrade to a tool, getting started with Pidoco 10分14秒
19 Getting used to the features in Pidoco 11分31秒
20 Creating a quick sitemap upfront 14分45秒
21 The site elements to start with 5分27秒
22 Using Templates 2分22秒
23 Handling images in pidoco 9分41秒
24 Adding and controlling Layers in Pidoco 7分57秒
25 Annotations in Pidoco 10分36秒
26 Alternative- Using Balsamiq part 1 19分38秒
27 Alternative- Using Balsamiq part 2 3分22秒
28 An example project created in Balsamiq 3分10秒
29 Creating the low fidelity version of the Happy Hour app 38分23秒
30 Section 3 review material 1分00秒
Creating an interactive prototype
31 Getting it designed and polished 9分25秒
32 Why I don't use HTML-CSS 2分33秒
33 Introducing MAP 9分50秒
34 Adding interactivity to your prototype 14分52秒
35 Export, collaborators, reviewers 12分50秒
36 Setting up a tablet version 9分46秒
37 Section 4 review material 1分00秒
Prototyping and beyond
38 What is next? 3分10秒
39 Section 5 review material 1分00秒

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