HOW I MADE IT

I quit Deloitte after a month to make a mint from renting driveways

Anthony Eskinazi, founder of JustPark, recently sold up to a US rival after a long journey
Hannah Prevett
, Deputy Editor, Times Enterprise Network
The Sunday Times
“I was going to bed at three or four in the morning and waking up at seven to go to work — I was a walking zombie,” says Anthony Eskinazi of his early days at the start-up
“I was going to bed at three or four in the morning and waking up at seven to go to work — I was a walking zombie,” says Anthony Eskinazi of his early days at the start-up
Hannah Prevett
, Deputy Editor, Times Enterprise Network
The Sunday Times

Anthony Eskinazi was in his fourth week of the graduate scheme at Deloitte, the accountancy firm, when he hit send on a press release that would change his life.

In his spare time, he had been working on a start-up called Park At My House, which matched drivers looking for parking with property owners offering a space on their driveways. Having set up a version of the website, he issued the press release in September 2006, to see what the reaction would be.

The response was almost instantaneous. Eskinazi was sitting in a training session later that day with his BlackBerry buzzing in his pocket as journalists called, wanting to know more.

“I’d be at work all day [at Deloitte], then doing press calls, and