This week, I got to check out a start-up talk in London called ‘And then the world presents…Re-Boot and Start-Up’. The speakers included: Elizabeth Varley, the co-founder of Tech Hub (Mike Butcher is the other co-founder), the Silicon Roundabout incubator, and one of the Wired 100, Wired magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people [...]
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We’ve got a really exciting evening planned for August’s Esc Wednesday. WEDNESDAY 24th AUGUST - ADAM STREET CLUB. Bar: 6.30 pm | Talk: 7.30 pm Our special guest is Levison Wood. Lev is co-founder of the unique expedition service Secret Compass, a full time expedition leader, travel writer and photographer. Lev will be talking about his life [...]
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Something that Escape The City and Open Society have in common is that they both work to create an atmosphere of opportunity. Opportunity is the main motivator for young start-ups today. Some see an opportunity to change their life and escape their job. Others find an opportunity to meet a social problem with their business [...]
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We’ve got a really exciting evening planned for July’s Esc Wednesday. NB: In the spirit of doing something different this Esc Wed is being held on a Thursday! THURSDAY 7th JULY – UPSTAIRS at THE YORKSHIRE GRAY – Gray’s Inn Road. London. (VENUE CORRECTION). Our special guest is Tom Rippin. Tom is an ex-McKinsey management [...]
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A note from Team Esc: Em is the epitome of an escapee. We should really stuff her and keep her in the office as a constant reminder of the right attitude towards taking risks and making things happen for yourself. Thrilled you have got this job through Esc. Good luck! 1. Quit Two years ago. [...]
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Just two weeks before his departure to New York to open up Escape the City’s first USA office, Mikey took some time out of his day to chat with me, Liz the intern, about Escape the City: NYC, his ideal working situation, and Marmite. Liz: How did you first hear of Esc? Mikey: I first [...]
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Over the weekend, I heard the phrase, ‘He had all the trappings of success’. Instinctively, the word ‘trap’ leapt out at me. Google dictionary defines trappings as ‘the outward signs, features, or objects associated with a particular role, situation or thing’. Not coincidentally, the second definition is, ‘A horse’s ornamental harness’. Sometimes it feels [...]
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Doing something different is scary… Quitting your job is scary. Starting your own business is scary. Having no money is scary. Taking a point of view is scary. Cold calling is scary. Charging for a service is scary. Public speaking is scary. Being challenged is scary. Writing blog posts is scary. Managing people is scary. [...]
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Wow! Second day in a row speaking with an Escape the City original. I have the best internship ever! Below, my interview with Rob Symington, co-founder of Esc. Read on if you want some great advice about entrepreneurship, perseverance, and buying seventh-hand motorbikes on eBay. Extra points if you can spot the Macbeth quotation! Liz: [...]
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Lucky me! In only the second week of my internship, I got the opportunity to sit down with Dom Jackman, co-founder of Escape. Following: his thoughts on escaping, childhood career ambitions, and his favorite word….enjoy! Liz: What was your moment of truth, when you realized you wanted to make your escape? Dom: I didn’t really [...]
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Twenty-five year old Annabella Forbes started her website Bed&Fed – a network of affordable, friendly guest rooms – about a year ago. The Guardian: “The home from home experience and purse-friendly cost are a winning combination!” She has kindly provided 10 tips on getting started with an internet business. 1. Contact your local Business Link [...]
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[PHOTO CREDIT: workisnotajob.com] At the beginning of 2011 we started a campaign called Start Something You Love. We kicked it off on 19th January with our big Esc winter party in front of 600 people at Guanabara bar in central London. We are now following it up with 365 bits of advice from real people who are doing [...]
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Just wanted to say a huge thank to you to Tom Vernon from Right To Dream for a really fantastic talk and Q&A at last night’s Esc Wednesday. Right To Dream offer talented, underprivileged children the opportunity to reach their true potential in life and claim a better future for Africa. Tom gave us all an incredible insight into [...]
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At the beginning of 2011 we started a campaign called Start Something You Love. We kicked it off on 19th January with our big Esc winter party in front of 600 people at Guanabara bar in central London. We are now following it up with 365 bits of advice from real people who are doing interesting and [...]
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[Photo credit: workisnotajob - again!] At the beginning of 2011 we started a campaign called Start Something You Love. We kicked it off on 19th January with our big Esc winter party in front of 600 people at Guanabara bar in central London. We are now following it up with 365 bits of advice from real people [...]
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[Photo credit: our friends at workisnotajob] Even the greatest ideas are stolen, begged or borrowed. Or something like that. We’ve been meaning to do this for a while… and Al Humphreys’ new In Brief blog series reminded us to get going on the idea. The concept is as follows: Dom, Mikey and myself send each other [...]
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Last June my partner and I went on a walking holiday in Cornwall, just 10 months later we opened the doors of the guest house we’d been inspired to buy during a one-night stop over in St Ives. We sold everything we owned, handed in our notice at our city jobs and disappeared off to [...]
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The purpose of this post is to say a huge thank to you Henry from Spoonfed and Bullseye Hub for a really fantastic talk and Q&A at last night’s Esc Wednesday. He gave some fantastic advice about starting up: product/market fit, business models, non-technical founders, advisors, teams, pivoting. The works. Our Esc Wednesdays take place [...]
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We’ve got a really exciting evening planned for June 8th’s Esc Wednesday. Our speaker is Ed Stafford – of Walking the Amazon fame (see BBC coverage). We were fortunate enough to have Ed speak at our first birthday party in Jan. Ed Stafford became the first man to walk the length of the Amazon river in [...]
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At the beginning of 2011 we started a campaign called Start Something You Love. We kicked it off on 19th January with our big Esc winter party in front of 600 people at Guanabara bar in central London. We are now following it up with 365 bits of advice from real people who are doing interesting and [...]
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