WEBINAR

Overcoming the fear of failure when starting a business

Posted: Fri 21st Mar 2025

Fear is a natural part of running a business but it doesn’t have to control your growth or your income.

In this webinar, Krystle McGilvery guides you through understanding the deeper roots of fear, reframing limiting beliefs and building the confidence to earn what you're worth.

Discover how to surround yourself with the right people and resources to create lasting financial stability, even in unpredictable times. Packed with practical strategies and real-world examples, this session helps you turn setbacks into stepping stones and create a business that thrives.

Topics covered in this session:

Understand the deeper roots of fear in your business. Whether it's pricing, visibility, or doing something new, learn how external messages and old beliefs might be limiting your growth
Learn practical ways to flip fear-driven thoughts and confidently take the next steps in your business, from raising your prices to testing new offers and building financial stability
Discover how to create a supportive ecosystem of peers, mentors and experts online and in person, who will push you forward, keep you accountable and normalise success and profitability

Krystle is a chartered accountant, behavioural change expert and dynamic speaker dedicated to helping individuals and organisations unlock their unique value, build confidence and foster financial and economic resilience. With over a decade of experience in financial leadership within creative industries, she blends behavioural science, financial strategy and psychology to drive transformative action.

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Krystle McGilveryMind Over Money

Good day! I'm Krystle. I'm all about financial confidence, connection, and growth. I use behavioural finance as a foundation to provide business consultancy and financial mentoring. I support founders in improving their financial acumen and confidence by tackling the blockages that appear when trying to grow. Whether you require a business plan to support your funding application or help managing and understanding the day-to-day finance, I can support you. Services include: Improve profit by identifying opportunities Budgeting and forecasting Understand the options for paying yourself Pricing And more! We can also work through your personal finances, to ensure they are in the best state possible as you grow your business, and improve management, credit, saving, investing etc. I'm known for connecting money to the mind as the starting point for improving financial dexterity. I focus on the psychology of financial decision-making, financial education, and the opportunities it grants.I deliver workshops, facilitate events, provide courses and bespoke services. This includes workshops for Moonpig, General Assembly and Birkbeck University. I have appeared in the Telegraph newspaper, featured in Refinery29 and BBC Radio on several occasions. I recently partnered with Boots No7 and AllBright to build a finance course for women coming out of the pandemic and organisations such as StepChange and Thriveology. I am also a finance writer and have written for the likes of Motley Fool.After reading Financial Mathematics at university, I worked as a qualified Chartered Accountant for over ten years with companies in the creative spaces of PR, advertising, marketing, and technology – being responsible for managing the finances of million-pound businesses.

Overcoming the fear of failure when starting a business

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