Week 3 Sourcing the Product

     This week truly showed me how little I know about starting a business. We talked about and learned about brokers, manufactures and wholesalers. We also learned about affiliate marketing and drop shipping. When I started this program I knew nothing about business, now that I'm almost done with the program, I thought I knew something. As it turns out I have no idea what I'm doing or how much thought should actually go into a business. When I completed the assignments before the discussions I believed I gave the group we're talking about good advice. Then I went to the discussions and realized I hadn't considered the ideas from every angle. I know that you don't have to consider every single angle before you start, as if you did you'd never start, but this week taught me that I need to do more lateral thinking before starting. Consider more consequences and more ideas before jumping in. 

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