To any parent worried about their child quitting a steady, well-paid job in a global corporation to “do their own thing”, take heed from Anthony Eskinazi. After passing the long interview process to secure a graduate job at Deloitte, he quit after six weeks to spend four years working, alone, on a parking business idea he’d had during a gap year.
“I knew nothing about funding, or business, and the start-up scene had barely started in the UK,” Eskinazi says of his early days as an entrepreneur, launching what was then Parkatmyhouse, back in 2006. Today that business, rebranded as JustPark, has been valued at almost £90 million. It’s safe to say Eskinazi isn’t missing his short-lived role at Deloitte.
