Snow

While I was skiing today I came to a realization. For the past five weeks, we have not had the same snow conditions once. Whether it be powdery, icy, flaky, it has yet to be the same type of snow. Each class our instructor points out the pros and cons to skiing in whatever condition is currently facing us, and then produces to teach us how to maximize our efficiency in it. Even though this is perfectly normal, I began to talk to one of the kids in my group about how bizarre I thought it was, and he told me about how Netsilik Eskimos have over one hundred words to describe snow it all its glory, because that is the primary weather condition that affects every aspect of their lives. Anyway, what it made me realize is that when planning an invention and trying to market it, we often just view it from one angle. When really, just like snow, the same ‘thing’ could potentially come in a variety of different flavors if we look at it properly. Therefore we should enumerate all of these possibilities, and just like learning how to ski different snow conditions,  we should learn how to market and add to the varying facets of our idea.

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