Jack Delosa
In 2009, Jack Delosa was named in the top 30 entrepreneurs under 30, in the Australian Anthill 30Under30 Awards. His business at the time MBE Education was named in the fastest growing start-ups in Australia, in the SmartCompany Business Start-Up Awards, and grew to revenues north of $1m.
Today, Jack heads up The Entourage, a movement which connects Australia’s best entrepreneurs, with Australia’s next entrepreneurs. Jack writes for business publications internationally and has become a media spokesperson on issues relating to entrepreneurship and Gen Y. He recently returned from the Branson School of Entrepreneurship in South Africa, where he assisted in designing the curriculum for the school.
Siimon Reynolds on marketing, money and why people fail [Interview]
Siimon Reynolds grew The Photon Group from a two-person shop to an ASX-listed enterprise, employing over 6,000 staff, with a value of $500m at its peak, making it the 15th largest marketing group in the world. He speaks with Jack Delosa about how to achieve marketing success, the subject of his recent book, Why People Fail.
Deal or No Deal: Facebook is about to disrupt the small business sector… again
This is one of the few times that Facebook has created something specifically for the small business sector. It also offers a firm answer to those who still today believe that Facebook is not relevant to their business because they operate in the real world.
Janine Allis delivers a much needed boost for Gen Y
Generation Y has been slammed in the media for a lack of work ethic. To find out what business leaders think, Jack Delosa caught up with Janine Allis, founder of Boost Juice, to learn about how she turned this generation into her greatest asset and what Gen Ys can do to take advantage of the recent media attention.
Lessons from the young rich
The more I have seen in business, the more I’ve learnt the importance of learning from people who have achieved the results you are looking for. These days many people are willing to give advice. The question is: what advice do you take on?
We Gen Ys need more dollars and sense (here’s how)
It has become obvious to me over the past few years spent presenting at universities that an understanding of basic financial principles is not taught anywhere throughout the traditional education system. This leaves us Gen Ys, again, with the responsibility of educating ourselves. Or going bankrupt.
Gen Ys – educate yourselves!
Jack Delosa, one of Anthill’s 2009 30under30 winners, begins a new series today about Gen Y and entrepreneurship. In this first column, he takes aim at an education system that is inadequate for 21st Century, leaving his generation with a reputation for preferring facebook and playtime to hard yakka.
