I really enjoyed yesterday evening listening to Jon and Rhiannon and her colleagues. Thanks for hosting it Rob and Dom!

The one thing that struck me was the great opportunity for escape most people that were there have right now. If there is a good example of why you guys should do it NOW, it is me: …. although I have had a reasonably good corporate career, I am now 45 years old with two sets of kids’ school fees and a big mortgage. Escaping is SO much harder now than it would have been when I was 25, single and had nothing but a battered rucksack and an old motorbike!

Having said that, I have made my decision to give it a go (I have six months redundancy payment – no pressure!). I have a few ideas and will approach Unltd when I have progressed those a little further beyond the “pipe-dream stage”, but in the meantime I’d be happy to lend anyone a hand or be a sounding board for ideas. I liked the idea of the ‘excercise book club’! Bouncing one’s ideas off people who are in a similar mindset sounds very inspirational (idea for another Esc Wednesday?).

I am not that good at creating new ideas but I am good at improving on existing things and I consider myself a fixer: from toasters and classic bikes to enterprise process/IT networks and company structures/cultures. I have first hand, broad knowledge how to grow smaller companies into bigger ones, so maybe I can even help with a start-up.

Also happy to hear from anyone looking for a partner to go into a new venture. If I can believe in the idea, I’ll give it my all.

Good luck everyone and remember, do it now!

Paul