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    So an update, after talking to my sales prof he said that I shouldn't give up yet but before I try and provide this service I need to figure out what service I'm actually providing. And by that I mean:
    - What materials will I accept?
    - Who will buy what I have? What kind of quantity do I need to have before someone will buy it?
    - I need to figure out a way to separate myself from my competitor, aka find commodities that nobody has done anything with yet up here. For example, when I ran a similar service years ago when I first started I found ways to recycle Styrofoam and plastic films and other weird things like ABS plastic. Living in Austin was perfect for this because its a very green city and my current city is not like that.
    - How am I helping my customer? How am I making their business easier/improved?

    Among other things. Those are really obvious questions but since I can't give a direct answer right now with all the unknowns, I think I need to spend this time learning more about the industry on a commercial scale, and that's why I'm trying to get an internship at a scrap or trash company.



    But I haven't given up. I'm still going to be scrapping and I made my first E-waste purchase since 2015 right after that meeting. Getting 30+ iMacs for $50 tomorrow. Should make a decent profit. Keep grinding and moving forward.

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