ver known how important Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Human Resources were important to a business. I learned so much about what goes into market research and a balance sheet for example, information I had never quite understood before. I felt I was able to truly learn the material by imbedding what I learned in this project. As well as understanding the fundamental areas of business, this project also showed me how to effectively work in teams. In a group of four, two of the girls in my group could not speak or write in English that fluently. Most it of the time, my other partner and I could not understand anything they were saying. For a long time, I was frustrated. I was worried that my grade would take a hit because my partner and I had to work a lot harder to complete the work our partners should have been doing. Our partners were shy and reserved to begin with, and instead of taking the time to find a way to connect with them, my partner and I would just do most of the work on our own. This became very stressful and after the suggestion of our professor, we startnce you are able to chip away at the barriers, the work produced by the aggregated efforts of a group far exceeds the efforts pooled together by a few. From learning the important facets of creating and running a viable business to understanding the dynamics that can either make or break a group, I feel I have come along way from the beginning of the semester. My preconceived notions of business have changed, and I expect my understanding of business to only increase throughout my years at