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Entrepreneurs of small companies face a lot of challenges. First of all, the cost, since they are not in mass production, and also they might not be buying their raw materials in bulk. That's why they might need to put up the price of the products in order to cover the cost, so customers may need to pay more for that. Secondly, the system of the company might not be able to provide a very systematic operation, so the work is challenging. They need to take up a lot of responsibility.

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Entrepreneurs of small companies have a lot of colleges. 1st of all, the cost since they are not in mass production, and also they might not be, uh, buying their raw materials in a mask. That’s why I might need to, uh, put up the price of the products in order to cover the cost. So the customers may need to pay more for that. 2nd, the system of the company the company might not be able to provide a very systematic, uh, operation. So the uh, the work is working there. I need to pick up a lot of responsibility.

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