120: How To Leverage Your Physical Product Into A Service-Based Offering w/ De’Von Truvel

Name: De’Von Truvel

Business Name: Play Black Wall Street

Current Title: Founder and Director of Curriculum Development

Location: Riverside, CA

Educational Background: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UC Davis

Certificate in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the University of South Florida

About De’Von: 

De’Von Truvel is a Game Designer and Author who inspires you to dream through the untold stories of Black History. In 2017 De’Von created Black Wall Street The Board Game to increase financial literacy and Black history knowledge in a fun way. He plans to continue to find innovative ways to inform his community as a game designer, author, filmmaker, and educator. His motto; “Remember, Relearn, Rebuild.”

DURING THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN:

• The process of expanding from products to offering services
• Why knowing your zone of genius brings more opportunities
• Why having multiple offers is good for business
• The importance of customer discovery
• How to pivot after a setback
• The history of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and its significance 
• What it will take to build a modern-day Black Wall Street

For complete show notes and resources mentioned for this episode go to: blacktobusiness.com/120

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