  Supersymmetric flat directions can have a number of important consequences in
the very early universe. Depending on the form of the SUSY breaking potential
arising from the finite energy density at early times, coherent production of
scalar condensates can result along such directions. This leads a cosmological
disaster for Polonyi type flat directions with only Planck suppressed
couplings, but can give rise to the baryon asymmetry for standard model flat
directions. Flat directions are also natural candidates to act as inflatons.
Achieving density fluctuations of the correct magnitude generally requires an
additional hidden SUSY breaking sector.
