{"id":27,"date":"2020-09-22T21:39:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T21:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/about\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T14:07:00","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-hi-i-m-jon\">Hi, I\u2019m Jon.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, I didn\u2019t even know what Penile cancer was. But over the last year or so it\u2019s been a huge part of my life. I\u2019ve been overwhelmed by the support and interest that people have shown in my journey, so I thought I\u2019d share it with the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a father of two and a husband of one. I\u2019m a real life giant, and I live in the English Home Counties. (for anyone outside England, that\u2019s the leafy bit outside London)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I grew up in a small, industrial, east coast port town. Despite having a wonderful childhood, I ran away to London as soon as I could to work in the city. There, I met some incredible people, including my wife, and that changed my world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m a super nerd, a numbers man, a techie, an engineer and a bit of a hacker. I\u2019m very fortunate that my work has taken me all over the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a deep passion for building things that make other\u2019s lives easier, and changing things to make them better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I\u2019m not leading my own businesses, I\u2019m working on start ups or scale ups, and I\u2019m an advisor too, sitting on the boards of wonderful organisations doing incredible things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say that cancer hits you like a train, and nobody is ever prepared for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But if my experiences can help someone else, that would be an incredible thing. I love to talk about my journey with cancer, be that through writing, podcasts, TV or radio \u2013 so just drop an email to bookmy@knob.blog<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unnamedx.jpg\" alt=\"On the beach, somewhere in Suffolk, England\" class=\"wp-image-583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unnamedx.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knob.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/unnamedx-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>On the beach, somewhere in Suffolk, England<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m Jon. In 2019, I didn\u2019t even know what Penile cancer was. But over the last year or so it\u2019s been a huge part of my life. 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