Nick Weaver: Home Wi-Fi networks will become the smart home's nervous system
Nick Weaver · 20VC: Eero's Nick Weaver on Why You Have To Grow One Stage Ahead of Where Your Business Is At and Why If You Want A Great Customer Experience, You Have To Own All The Parts · Sep 16, 2016 · at 20:08
Nick Weaver is the founder and CEO of home mesh Wi-Fi company Eero. He is discussing the long-term vision and product roadmap for home connectivity over the next five years.
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“Really, you can think of the network as becoming the central nervous system of the home. You know, if all of our content's delivered over the internet, if all of our devices are connected to the internet, then, you know, you really have the opportunity here to build the central nervous system, something much more than just a Wi-Fi network.”
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