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5 minutes with: Kenny Ewan, WeFarm’s Founder and CEO
The Escape 100 announcement saw companies from a huge array of different sectors celebrated as some of the ‘Best Companies to Escape to’ in the UK and abroad! The campaign found the year's most forward-thinking, exciting and socially conscious companies. One of these,...
Sarah’s Story — Corporate Gloom to Comedy Boom
Sarah Henley began her career at Citibank before starting a live comedy night ‘ComComedy’ and the associated YouTube channel, later co-founding tech startup NextUp Comedy. She shares her experience of making the switch and doing work that matters to her. 1. What were...
Tatty’s story: Why I left the corporate world for a career in adventure
Tatty worked at IBM for 7 years before training to be a seasonal adventure instructor with Land & Wave. She shares her experience of bringing more adventure into her daily life, and doing work that matters to her. Before working as an Outdoor Instructor, I spent...
5 minutes with: Andrew Weaver, Escape School Faculty
After spending years in the relative stability of employment, Andrew could not ignore the call of the startup world any longer. Since then, he's become a serial entrepreneur with a career spanning multiple sectors including legal, travel & tourism, energy and...
Stacey’s Story: From Escapee to Programme Co-Lead
Stacey came to Escape via our Startup programme back in 2016 and now joins us as the co-lead for September's Career Change cohort. Since escaping asset management, Stacey has built a portfolio career around money coaching and financial wellbeing, working with...
5 minutes with: Jess Barratt, Escape School Faculty
Jess worked in the music industry for six years before deciding that she needed a change. Since then she's run an education programme for an NGO in Mozambique, and started her own social enterprise that connects young people with peers, mentors and tutors. She's the...
5 minutes with: Pelin Turgut, Escape School Faculty
Pelin coaches for creative professionals and teaches worldwide supporting individuals who seek to bring more of who they are to their creative projects, businesses and lives. She's run both the Startup Accelerator and the Career Change programme for the Escape School...
Ariana’s Story — From human rights lawyer to founder of educational startup
Having spent years in London as a finance lawyer, something was missing for Ariana. She shares her story of change that saw her start a business of her own in an industry she’s passionate about — education. Trapped in conformity I was pursuing a prestigious career for...
Nicky’s Career Change Story: From the travel industry to social impact
Nicky’s sales background within the travel industry left her feeling unfulfilled. Determined not to settle, she completed our Career Change Accelerator and is currently exploring a career in social impact with OnPurpose. She’s constantly exploring new opportunities...
The 21st Century Career, redefined
Ready to start your journey towards a 21st century career? Register your interest for the early 2020 Career Change and Startup Accelerators. Back in 2015, we released an Escaping the City report on job dissatisfaction. In that report, we found that 71% of people...
Charlotte’s Startup Story: From agile coach to tech founder
Charlotte is an agile coach and self-taught software engineer turned tech entrepreneur. She completed the Startup Accelerator in March 2018 and is now using her passion for learning to build a virtual peer-to-peer learning platform.What were you doing professionally...
Richard’s Career Change Story: From investment banking to a family orientated life
The last couple of years have seen Richard go from working long hours in investment banking to reassessing his priorities and designing a life that fits around his family. He currently works as a consultant and is excited about the next phase of his career and his new...