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Growing is the game, entrepreneurship is the name with Kelly Baynes

Growing is the game, entrepreneurship is the name with Kelly Baynes

Tech Reimagined
• 25 min
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<p>In this week's podcast episode, we'll explore the entrepreneurial spirit and the challenges of starting your own business.<br> <br> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-baynes/" rel="nofollow">Kelly Baynes, owner and co-founder of The Lemon Quarters</a> and Nurture Network, discusses her favourite projects and shares her advice on how to succeed in starting your own business.&nbsp;</p> <p><br> <em>&nbsp;I &nbsp;think &nbsp;as &nbsp;people, &nbsp;as &nbsp;business &nbsp;professionals, &nbsp;we &nbsp;often &nbsp;let &nbsp;perfection &nbsp;be &nbsp;the &nbsp;enemy. &nbsp;I &nbsp;think &nbsp;nothing's &nbsp;really &nbsp;more &nbsp;important &nbsp;than &nbsp;getting &nbsp;your &nbsp;ideas &nbsp;out &nbsp;there &nbsp;in &nbsp;front &nbsp;of &nbsp;the &nbsp;people &nbsp;who &nbsp;will &nbsp;be &nbsp;your &nbsp;potential &nbsp;customers, &nbsp;people &nbsp;who &nbsp;don't &nbsp;know &nbsp;you, &nbsp;basically, &nbsp;people &nbsp;who &nbsp;aren't &nbsp;family &nbsp;and &nbsp;genetically &nbsp;predisposed &nbsp;to &nbsp;be &nbsp;kind &nbsp;to &nbsp;you.</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;I &nbsp;think &nbsp;there's &nbsp;a &nbsp;tech &nbsp;mantra, &nbsp;is &nbsp;it &nbsp;fail, &nbsp;fail &nbsp;quickly, &nbsp;fail &nbsp;better. &nbsp;It &nbsp;comes &nbsp;from a Samuel &nbsp;Beckett &nbsp;quote, &nbsp;but&nbsp; reality &nbsp;really &nbsp;is &nbsp;that &nbsp;best &nbsp;teacher. &nbsp;We &nbsp;learn &nbsp;so &nbsp;much &nbsp;more &nbsp;from &nbsp;our &nbsp;mistakes, &nbsp;or &nbsp;the &nbsp;things &nbsp;that &nbsp;we &nbsp;don't &nbsp;do &nbsp;well, &nbsp;or the &nbsp;things &nbsp;we &nbsp;can &nbsp;improve on &nbsp;much &nbsp;more &nbsp;than &nbsp;any &nbsp;success &nbsp;we &nbsp;might &nbsp;have. &nbsp;Really, &nbsp;how &nbsp;can &nbsp;you &nbsp;improve &nbsp;if &nbsp;you &nbsp;don't &nbsp;start?<br> <br></em>Tune in to find out more and join the conversation @Endava on LinkedIn!</p>