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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 13 Jan 15:24:56 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[Comparisim]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Great to see someone young with such an entrepreneurial can-do attitude! It&rsquo;s people like you who end up the Sir Alan Sugars of this country.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Apr 8:44:11 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[dcroissant]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Fantastic &#8211; more of this please &#8211; people just need to get going and involved in startups &#8211; there is so much support out there and success spurs others on. Being young = less baggage &#8211; no problem. Lack of money? if you have the desire and the drive, it will happen. Bery best of [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Apr 8:15:01 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[ashley]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[hey- perhaps we can help you support your tech business @nexters.co.uk ? keen for non London social tech entrepreneurs. Ashley@thebigsociety.co.uk]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 27 Apr 1:17:58 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[cassionetta]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I really find her enthusiasm great, I have been similiar a few years ago. Nevertheless she&#8217;s a little ignorant considering other students&#8217; problems. Some really have or want to learn for school as they don&#8217;t really fit in the system. For some 250 km are too expensive to travel. And some are not able to [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Apr 18:11:16 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[fiftyleaves]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Knowing a similar environment this young lady is taking part in, I can sympathise with a lot of the points she is raising &#8211; the clear one that strikes truth with me is knowing other young startups claiming to be what they&#8217;re not. The only gripe I have with this whole article, or perhaps the [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Apr 16:53:10 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[adamwadsworth]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I live in the north as well and i think that it puts me as a disadvantage, whenever i successfully get in contact with someone or a company and ask them to meet me to see my ideas they always want to do so in London with which i currently am not easily able to [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Apr 14:36:16 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[creative70]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[This is a great article and a wonderful example of teens doing something productive and positive away from all the negative headlines that most teens seem to generate nowadays. Cec, I wish you well, no doubt you will be a future star and I don&#8217;t believe your location in the North will stop you achieving [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 23:41:33 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[joseangel_yanez]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I want a daughter just like that.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 22:12:41 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mariel Hurd]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Out of curiosity, how does the start-up scene&#8217;s focus on London effect things? Since for a lot of start-ups money is pretty tight, do travel costs &#8211; conferences, community events, etc. &#8211; become a significant burden?]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 21:30:44 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[johnarudkin]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly, I&#8217;m also working on a start-up, and I really like your article. It is like a rallying call to other young people. Keep up the great work. John]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 21:16:54 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[johnhamelink]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Brilliant article Cec, I can identify with people complaining about being up in the north and &#8220;out of the way&#8221;, however things are really beginning to change. Initiatives such as Rookie Oven, Tech Meetup, Startup Digest have made being part of startup culture much easier in Scotland, as well as the awesome entrepreneurial spark incubator [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 21:07:14 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[J13enj]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[A young entrepreneur to be proud of. This is an inspirational story&#8230;I want to wish the team all the best. I have, stumbled, digg, etc&#8230;.this story.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 18:35:06 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[crjfb]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Its true, young people are the future. Myself only 18 have worked on small startup projects and given assistance to them, when networking I feel people do not take you seriously as your young.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 17:42:56 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[staceyferreira]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Thanks for this article Cec! It&#8217;s truly inspirational. As a 19 year old female in tech working on a startup, it&#8217;s great to see younger teens starting even earlier! You&#8217;re such an inspiration to all of us in the scene and even people who aren&#8217;t. Keep up the amazing work and as another female teen [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 15:44:02 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[robgolbeck]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Great article &#8211; gives me hope for the future. I wish I had this kind of thinking when I was 14!]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 15:41:17 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[blainelight]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Thanks Cec and Charlie! It&#8217;s inspirational to read about those who don&#8217;t make excuses. 14 years old is pretty good, but have you heard about the 9-year old entrepreneur who made his own arcade? Check out http://www.cainesarcade.com for an inspirational video. I also wrote a blog post about how people make excuses in their life, [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 15:32:20 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[paulasselin]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Great post, thank you.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 12:28:03 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[peroni]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[I wonder how much of a role her parents play in her life. Not to denigrate her achievements but a 14 year old is (typically) still dependent on their parents/guardians.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 12:26:20 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[cup]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[Good for her. Young, female and coming from a tricky geographical location that&#8217;s relatively distanced from the start-up scene must be incredibly tough. Unfortunately for her, she&#8217;s going to really struggle to have people heed her good advice for quite some time as it&#8217;s experience and success that dictates the value of your advice.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 12:22:28 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[jonnyrowntree]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[As I live further North than Cec, I find it is especially hard to obtain those vital connections that may help your business or startup as these are mainly found in London and in the States. I think the JFDI philosophy is the rule of thumb to any business, project or even idea you find [...]]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 11:36:02 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[williamtildesley]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[What a truly inspiring article. Well done Cec and here&#8217;s wishing you the best of luck for your future.]]></description>
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									<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 25 Apr 11:34:24 +0100]]></pubDate>
									<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Elise Duff]]></dc:creator>
									<description><![CDATA[This is super-awesome. I work for a start-up with a young founder (yes, not 14, but he&#8217;s been working on the idea since university) and I totally agree with you about the media coverage. Often it has been focused on him, on his age, whereas it should be all about the &#8216;trying to change the [...]]]></description>
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