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Game Thinking Mastermind

Group coaching for innovators, entrepreneurs & product leaders

The Game Thinking Mastermind is a 6-month coaching program for graduates of our workshops and courses. We bring together startup CEOs, business owners and product leaders who want to innovate smarter and build more compelling experiences.

f you want to leverage Game Thinking to validate your ideas, solve your toughest design challenges and accelerate your path to product/market fit, this program is for you.

Join us – and get the feedback, accountability and expert coaching you need to grow your business.

Who is the Mastermind for?

  • Business Owners who want to accelerate product development
  • Product Leaders who want to craft more compelling experiences
  • Startup CEOs who want to innovate smarter and faster

What can you expect?

  • Monthly group meetings with case studies, special guests and live hot-seat coaching from Amy Jo Kim 
  • Accountability and support from a small group of like-minded peers who’re invested in your success
  • Access to a community of VIP experts, peers and alumni who can help you succeed

What will you accomplish in the Mastermind?

Clarify your Product/Market Strategy

  • Understand the sequence of events for accelerated product development so it’s crystal clear what you should be working on
  • Identify who NEEDS what you offer AND is willing to put up with cost, friction and ridicule just to be a part of what you’re making

Mobilize your early passionate customers

  • Get a precise understanding of the essence of customer interviews and rapidly find out who your customers are along with their habits, needs and desires
  • Apply the powerful techniques of Job & Habit Stories to tap into your customers’ intrinsic motivation and existing habits, and turn your customer insights into product decisions

Design for Long-Term Engagement

  • Visualize how customers will use your product over time using a four-stage Customer Narrative
  • Design and prototype a stripped-down Core Loop Prototype and test your core value proposition

Validate Your Product Experience with Smart Experiments

  • Test your prototype with vetted early customers and use our three-part Play-Test Script to get actionable insights on your core product experience
  • Validate your assumptions, update your designs and outline next steps with your Alpha Brief, your research-backed, validated development plan

Get extra support from our Game Thinking mentors

Laura Klein

Build Better Products

Raph Koster

A Theory of Fun

Jesse Schell

The Art of Game Design

Erika Hall

Just Enough Research

Dan Cook

Get your Core Loop on

Cindy Alvarez

Lean Customer Development

Karl Kapp

Gaming & education

Jason Hreha

Behavioral product scientist

Mike Sellers

Gaming System Design

So here’s the deal…

This is an invitation-only program where I commit to working with you and supporting your success for 6 months at a time. Our shared goal is to help you to innovate faster and smarter, and create a successful product, game or service. 

If this sound like what you need, click the button below. 

-Amy Jo

Apply for our Game Thinking Design Accelerator

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