Apr 29 2019 102 mins
Laurence and Carlos are designers of events and an online community that make entrepreneurs happy. In this conversation, Laurence talked to us about:
- Growing up in London pubs
- The family DNA of bringing people together
- The benefits of aligning what you think, say and do
- How he helps corporate hippies
- A life spent working out what he doesn't want to do
- Forgetting his vision which became a reality 20 years later (his wife Tamsin did not forget)
- Breaking his back in the middle of nowhere
- The merits of 'temping'
- The benefits of not being an artist when in a creative role
- Realising that culture is the way people treat each other
- Working with a mate
- The uncertainty of self-employment
- Becoming a digital agency (Spook Studio)
- Becoming digital business designers
- Becoming start-up business designers
- The misadventure of developing a co-working space
- Becoming the Happy Start-up School
- Moving out of London
- His approach of chipping away at the things that don't work
- The benefits of 'space' when deciding on a new direction
- Balancing speed and scale v control and solid foundations
The Michelangelo quote(s) Laurence referred to are:
"Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it"
"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free"
Happy Start-up School
Pamela Slim - Body of Work
Charlie Davies
Jack Hubbard - Dream Valley Picture
