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UnProfessional: How A 26-Year-Old University Dropout Became a Self-Made Millionaire
Most of us have been raised to believe an education will get you further in life and that there is a direct correlation between attending university and being successful. Jack Delosa, university drop out and author of new book Unprofessional made his first million by age 24 and believes traditional education can actually impede the progress of would-be entrepreneurs.
Delosa, at just 26, has launched several start-ups and has even worked with Sir Richard Branson to develop the curriculum at Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in South Africa. He is Australia’s most awarded entrepreneur under 30 and has done it all by disregarding the old rules, being true to himself and unconventional in his thinking.
"To be unprofessional is not to be disrespectful, reckless, lazy, poorly presented or badly spoken." says Delosa. "To be unprofessional is to be real and create a vision of tomorrow not borrowed from the past. It's important to challenge the status quo when tradition no longer works – but a new idea just might."
Delosa’s business career started at 18 when he dropped out of a commerce/law degree against the advice of family and friends, borrowed $20,000 from the bank and bought into his first business – a business to business call centre in Melbourne. Now eight years, four businesses and many setbacks later, he is recognised as one of Australia’s most successful young entrepreneurs.
Reflecting on his decision to drop out of university to pursue the entrepreneurial dream, Delosa says the traditional education system has been failing would-be business owners for almost a decade, with more and more students feeling like they’re coming out of their degree unprepared for the workforce and with no skills to help them launch their own business.”
In UnProfessional, Delosa reveals his business adventures and offers practical how-to advice on topics such as: becoming a market leader on a shoestring budget; becoming the go-to person in your industry to win more business faster; managing and leading other people toward your vision and why it’s important to fail fast.
“What business owners want is to learn from people with ‘been there done that’ experience in a practical way so that they can apply what they’re learning to make a difference to their own business. That’s what this book delivers,” he says.
The business world has changed. What worked in the past will not work today. Offering a fresh perspective on the challenges of starting and running a successful business, UnProfessional is the ideal guide for Australia’s current crop of forward-thinking entrepreneurs.