Business Pod Sprint · By UX Design Lab
Ideas Meet Skills. Build Together.
Five days to form. Thirty to prove.
A pod is a small team built around one idea or business problem.
- Pod size
- Small curated pods
- Format
- Hybrid
- Commitment
- 5 days · 3 hours/day live
- Pilot location
- Nashville, TN/Remote
Three ways in.
Bring what you have. The pod forms around it.
Idea owner
I have an idea.
I need people to build with.
ApplyContributor
I have skills.
I want something real to work on.
ApplyBusiness / organization
I have a business problem.
I need a team to explore it.
Bring a Problem
Five days to form.
Explore. Assess. Match. Agree. Decide.
Business Pod participants explore ideas, skills and business problems, assess opportunities, match into pods, agree on roles and working rules, and decide whether to stop, reshape the pod, or continue into a thirty-day proof sprint.
- Idea
- Skills
- Business problem
- ExploreSee what’s in the room.
- AssessFind what deserves a closer look.
- MatchBuild the right team around it.PodForms at match
- AgreeSet roles and working rules.Program frameworks guide roles, ownership, and working rules.
- DecideStop, reshape, or continue.
- StopNot worth pursuing.
- ReshapeChange the team or opportunity.
- ContinueEnter the 30-day Proof Sprint.
Ownership
Your idea stays yours.
Program frameworks guide roles, ownership, and working rules before a pod continues.
Leave knowing who you’re building with, what you’re pursuing, and whether it deserves more time.
Thirty days to prove.
Your pod keeps working, with facilitation, against the market.
Evidence a pod might gather
- Buyer conversations
- Prototype
- Pilot
- LOI
- Customer interest
- Revenue
Build only what the evidence earns.
Bring what you have.
An idea. Skills. A business problem.
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Designed and facilitated by UX Design Lab — building products, systems, and the teams behind them.
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