UKBF Member Spotlight: Peter Bowen, No More 24/7 Consulting

Posted by BusinessZone in on Tue, 31/07/2007 - 09:42

Peter BowenReal name::Peter Bowen
UKBF user name: Peter Bowen
Company name:: No More 24/7 Consulting
Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland
Company website: www.nomore247.com
Company contact: info@nomore.com

How did you start your business?

I've been an entrepreneur most of my life but by 36 I was burned out and depressed even though I had made quite a bit of money.

One evening I found myself seriously thinking about suicide. I'm normally optimistic so this scared me. The next day I decided to sell everything and get away before I did myself some harm.

It took about five months but I ended up with my wife, the four kids, 23kg of luggage each and enough money not to work for a couple of years.

We moved from South Africa to Northern Ireland to discover my roots.

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