Oliver Hunt

Posted: 03/12/2009

Was in:

In-house sports management company, Solicitor, commercial, London

Now in:

Went about it:

I had been in house for approximately 5 years. I loved where I was but there was no real career path there for me, salary would always be limited and I saw myself undertaking the same work for the next 5 years. I also identified a gap in the market. The three of us who set up the firm had various discussions about how it would work, we prepared a business plan and sounded out potential clients. After that it was a leap of faith. It was surprisingly easy to set the firm up initially from an administrative perspective but everything really hit home on day 1 sat round the kitchen table, unpacking the blackberry and thinking, right, what do we do now.