What’s holding you back?
by John Jantsch

When setting goals, creating marketing plans, or moving boldly in the direction of innovation, there is a strange force that holds some entrepreneurs back-that repeatedly makes the long road home more becoming. That strange force is simply fear.

Fear is what stops many entrepreneurs from actually achieving the level of success they state they aspire to.

It’s an odd and somewhat counter intuitive notion really. On the surface most entrepreneurs are fearless, if they weren’t’t they would have stayed in the comfy confines of the cubicle. But, entrepreneurs don’t suffer from a fear of failure; they suffer more often, in my experience, from a fear of success.

And this fear manifests itself in self-defeating behaviors such as failing to move in the direction of a true point of differentiation – to stand out and be noticed for being different than everyone else in their industry. ...read this article

May 13 : British Library. Celebrating Women in Social Enterprise

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May 12 : Kensington : Startup Meetup: May 12

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Emily Cummins: Young Innovator

This is a really inspiring video on many levels. Emily discovered that she had a creative mind and the ability to turn her ideas into reality in her grandfather's potting shed. She has gone from creating an idea for a science project to creating a solar powered fridge for African nations.

What Emily shows us is that age and experience are no barrier to innovation and creativity. Click here to watch this video