Mikey Howe

I started off as a baby in NY, it was a great life and everything was free.

At 6 I started to earn my own keep selling rocks door to door, that was my first solid business.

At 8 I had the lemonade stand, big money spinner.

At 10 I had the strength to start shovelling snow and mowing lawns, which funded my first big purchase, the Super Nintendo. This was the main reason for a 15 year gap in any serious entrepreneurial activities.

At 12 I was shipped off to school in the UK and i've lived a fairly transatlantic life ever since.

After graduating with a degree in Economics, I saved up some cash working in a miserable job and spent a year traveling around the world making bad decisions. A few near death experiences later I settled in London working for the British Foreign Office, which resulted in another year of traveling.

Eventually I got sucked into Banking and 4 years later I managed to escape the corporate world to run my own startup with two buddies, helping other disillusioned professionals "do something different". Running a business with friends, being creative, mixing with a more entrepreneurial crowd and helping people at the same time is so much more fulfilling.

So now i'm back back in NY running my own startup, liberating talented professionals from their boring corporate jobs.

When I have time to take a break away from www.escapethecity.org, you'll find me climbing mountains, scuba diving, skiing, cycling, reading a book or watching live music.

I'm passionate about social entrepreneurship, development, revolutionising education and inspiring people to follow their passions.