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