The teen, who grew up in a “blue collar” area of western Sydney, “wasn’t the best” student – and was told by the teacher he was “a bit of a waste of time and would end up in jail or dead” within five years.
After leaving school just two weeks into year 11, Mr Brown scored himself an apprentice mechanic role.Source:Facebook It was a door-to-door sales role, and Mr Brown thrived in the position, soon discovering he had a natural knack and passion for sales. While he loved the company, he eventually decided he could “do it better” and struck out on his own, launchingBeing fairly tech savvy, Mr Brown, who now lives in Brisbane, built his own website, and while the first six months were “pretty tough”, he and his business partner Jonah Hicks sold more than $700,000 in solar in that time.
Murdoch’s news loves the self made hard working rags to riches stories, keep people dreaming they can do it themselves, if only they worked harder, oh and longer, oh and all the while he manipulates the Government for his own personal gain...
Bloody good on him. To people crapping on about Gov rebates.. why didn't you do solar in 2014?
Thanks to the government for the rebates otherwise this bloke would be driving a Kia.
Good on him but I think the government solar rebates are the real reason for his success, not his business sense. Not at all dissimilar to the dodgy education providers.