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Episode: What makes a successful escape room? We get the inside scoop from CryptX founder, James Ducker
Description: We’re speaking to James Ducker, the founder of CryptX Escape Rooms based in Cambridge.
James worked in banking for many years - he was at HBOS during the crash and became a whistleblower when he grew disillusioned with the financial sector.
In the summer of 2016, James took a family holiday to Barcelona, his children were eight, eleven, and sixteen at the time. Sick of hearing "Dad, we're bored" - James booked an escape room in the heart of the city, a move that would subsequently change his entire career from banking to escape room fo...