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Know Your Customer

By Vic Verma - Stanford
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Lecture Description

Verma talks about how the biggest mistake when identifying a market segment is not identifying the customer with the purchasing power. Your original market can be narrow, and will eventually grow, he says, but only if the correct customers are targeted. Find out who is making the final decisions about a purchase, he adds.

Course Index

  1. Savi Technology Creates the Internet of Things
  2. Customers Will Say What They Need
  3. Savi's Winding Road to Success
  4. Passion and the Customer
  5. Flexibility is the Key
  6. Spread the Wealth
  7. Hire People for Their Values
  8. Dream Big Dreams
  9. Mistakes Will Happen
  10. Be Paranoid
  11. Life Outside of Work
  12. Persistence Pays Off
  13. The Reality of Entrepreneurship
  14. Venture Capital vs. Customer Funding
  15. Sources of Small Business Financing
  16. Know Your Customer
  17. Finding Your Strengths