Small Biz Catalyst
Hello and welcome to Small Biz Catalysts. This show is for struggling small business owners who want to be able to earn a consistent 6 figure salary from their businesses and the economic development professionals who support them.
Explore with us as we delve into innovative strategies, success stories and actionable insights to empower small businesses as catalysts for economic resilience.
Your host, Ayisat Abilogun is a Certified Entrepreneurship Development Professional and the CEO of Financial Leadership Club of America.
Ayisat loves helping small business owners stay resilient so that their business can move past stagnation to growth phase.
In the last 5 years, Ayisat has empowered over 20,000 students and business owner through financial leadership courses, workshops and curriculum.
Let's help your business move from wistful to wellspring.
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Small Biz Catalyst
Fear Is Not the Enemy: How to Use It as Fuel
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Every entrepreneur knows the feeling: the great idea that sits untouched because fear won't let you move. In this episode of The Small Biz Catalyst, Ayisat Abilogun reframes fear as data, not a dead end, and gives you five moves to turn it into forward momentum.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE
- Why fear is neurologically normal — and why entrepreneurs feel it more intensely than most
- The three types of fear that stall small businesses, and how to identify yours
- Why a growth mindset is not a feeling — it's a practice with a schedule
- Five moves to use fear as data instead of a stop sign
- This week's Catalyst Grant Minute: up to $20,000 available
RESOURCES MENTIONED
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success — Carol S. Dweck (available at most public libraries)
- SCORE — free mentoring for small business owners: score.org
- North Texas SBDC — DFW entrepreneur guidance: ntxsbdc.org
- Small Biz Catalyst Resources Page: smallbizcatalyst.org/resources
Learn more at Resources | Small Biz Catalyst
