1) What was the biggest surprise for you in the reading? In other words, what did you read that stood out the most as different from your expectations?
The biggest thing that differentiate itself from the rest of the reading this week was the number of first year projects that seem to fail. I would think that a lot more people who are beginning a venture would look at their specific markets and the product or service they're providing as well as common reasons why first year ventures fail so frequently.
2) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
I wasn't really confused by the concepts of the reading, but I feel like talking about patent law in a class like this made no sense because the scope of patent law is way too deep to just briefly touch on.
3) If you were able to ask two questions to the author, what would you ask? Why?
One question I would ask is whether or not the author knows of any common solutions that could help more people sustain their ventures after a year. When its that large of a number of people failing after their first year, then I think it is imperative to have common solutions. That many people failing isn't just detrimental to them as individuals, but to local and regional economies as a whole. Another question I would ask is how would those solutions be catered to specific industries, because the solutions found in agriculture wouldn't be exactly the same to those in manufacturing or technology.
4) Was there anything you think the author was wrong about? Where do you disagree with what she or he said? How?
I don't disagree with anything the author discussed this week.
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