From sleeping in a phone box to founding a six-figure business teaching martial arts, it's been an eventful two years for Gavin Eastham.
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In February last year, he found himself being pelted with hailstones on his first night on the streets.
The 36 year-old's marriage had broken down and, having suffered a back injury, he wasn't able to work.
"Because I'm not originally from north Wales, it meant I had no contacts. I had nowhere else to go," he said.
His ex-wife thought he had somewhere else to stay but he didn't.
He decided to go to the local library, initially to stay warm, but he felt time-pressured to turn things around.
"I thought the minute I was homeless, I'd look homeless and if I look homeless people are going to look at me in a certain way," he told the BBC's Wake Up to Money...
He started researching and came up with a company name and logo, wrote a syllabus and bought a domain name for £1.58.
"I thought - if I've got a domain name I've got to keep going."
"This dream I thought that I might one day fulfil was giving me the energy I needed to survive."
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read more (BBC)
In February last year, he found himself being pelted with hailstones on his first night on the streets.
The 36 year-old's marriage had broken down and, having suffered a back injury, he wasn't able to work.
"Because I'm not originally from north Wales, it meant I had no contacts. I had nowhere else to go," he said.
His ex-wife thought he had somewhere else to stay but he didn't.
He decided to go to the local library, initially to stay warm, but he felt time-pressured to turn things around.
"I thought the minute I was homeless, I'd look homeless and if I look homeless people are going to look at me in a certain way," he told the BBC's Wake Up to Money...
He started researching and came up with a company name and logo, wrote a syllabus and bought a domain name for £1.58.
"I thought - if I've got a domain name I've got to keep going."
"This dream I thought that I might one day fulfil was giving me the energy I needed to survive."
read more (BBC)
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