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				<title><![CDATA[As I`ve been pondering it, the p]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[As I`ve been pondering it, the problem revolves around the concept of "perception."

No, it isn`t that the people in Africa don`t wear shoes because they
can`t afford them. It`s that it just never occurred to them that shoes
existed. Same with ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Craig, think there may be a prob]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Craig, think there may be a problem of perception here. You know that the people in Africa that don`t wear shoes don`t do so because they don`t have the means to afford them, that being the case there is no viable market. And you are right, it would be dar[...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[So what you are saying is that&n]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[So what you are saying is that&nbsp;as soon as you show a need and the products are used or understanded enough. That the demand itself will market it. Kinda like Cable TV. Many who grew up without it would have said 30 yrs ago you would be crazy to pay]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Hm...I dunno if you can be all t]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Hm...I dunno if you can be all that blunt. :-)

"Hey buddy! Yer pants just fell down. Have you considered a belt? It`s
a device that helps you keep your pants up...I invented it. Yah...I
have one. Wanna try?"

The thing is having one`]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[So when trying to "convince" som]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[So when trying to "convince" someone that what you are doing is solving there problem are you blunt and just tell them why they need you. Or do you slowly bring your idea to the surface? Is this where marketing or just common sense is needed? And does i]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[

Kathy and I were talking abo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[

Kathy and I were talking about this, the difference between an existing product versus something totally new.

So many entrepreneurs are looking for something unique, something so
new that nobody`s doing it. In some cases, people have tried ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Your question was very interesti]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Your question was very interesting to me because I am starting a business in an arena where most people do not believe they have a problem--applying to college and going through the college admission process.
However, having worked on the other ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Very interesting.&nbsp; I guess ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Very interesting.&nbsp; I guess quite often, we`re trying to sell&nbsp; people a solution, to something that they don`t think, is a problem at all. 
&nbsp;houseofjerkyjanie2007-2-24 21:50]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Ah...and that`s where Eli and I ]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Ah...and that`s where Eli and I are often on the same page. :-) It`s a
pereption issue. In the African shoe market case, it`s the perception
of a problem and solution generated in the optimist. 

Now, suppose that optimist opens a shoe store. O]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Although I agree with Craig`s st]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Although I agree with Craig`s statement "the issue is to solve what people percieve as a problem. There
are countless real problems in the world, but if nobody sees them as a
problem, so what?"unlike him I be]]></description>
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