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Adventurous blankets

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Adventurous blankets

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- When you're starting an income generating project, should you begin your discovery process based on something you already know about? Well, that concept is often my advice, but it's also possible to start with a set of values. And then work forward to figure out what kind of side hustle or business those values are best expressed by. That's what you'll hear about in this example. After returning from a long trip abroad, a woman draws on nostalgia to source and sell heirloom throw blankets. The only problem? When she starts, she knows nothing about knitting or textiles. So she goes on an adventure to figure it out. Jala Smith-Huys has been working as a digital strategist for the past 10 years. Before that, she worked as the creative director for a group of food markets. But Jala knew for a long time, she also wanted to launch a product business. She had plenty of good ideas, and just couldn't decide on what product to…

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