Stanford / Entrepreneurship

Understanding the 21st Century Consumer

By Janice Roberts | Mayfield Fund: Current Trends and Investment Strategy Lecture 2 of 5

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Lecture Description

Roberts believes that with increasing use of the internet, television and mobile phones, the consumer is moving from early adoption to mainstream consumption. The customer has high expectations of new products and wants to influence technology. Venture capitalists choose to invest in companies that embrace the trends of new and younger consumers.

Course Index

  1. Globalization: Acting Local to be Global
  2. Understanding the 21st Century Consumer
  3. Losing Control to the Consumer
  4. Economics of Free: A New Business Model
  5. Investment Timing: Early, Late or In-between
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