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You feel mixed emotions as you consider leaving your day job towork for yourself. One moment, you're so pumped, you can'tthink about anything else. But the next, you're stricken withfear, intimidated by the uncertainty that lies ahead. (What if Ifail? What do I even know about starting a business, anyway?)

"[Intimidation] is a feeling that somehow you aren'tgood enough," explains David Verchere, 33, CEO of CorporateGear LLC, a New York City exchange and application service providerfor the promotional products industry that recently closed a $1.5million financing round. "We all classify ourselves inrelation to others. When we apply that to our ambitions, wedon't always see our potential, but rather ourlimitations."

Richard Kaufman, 31, agrees. "When you're intimidated,you feel doubt and uncertainty about whether you're up to thechallenges that life throws your way," says Kaufman, presidentand CEO of Sweepsclub.com, a Deerfield Beach, Florida, directInternet marketing company. "You wonder if your ideas will beaccepted by your family and business associates. And then there isa fear of failure...especially when you have successfulcompetitors."