One of Australia's richest young entrepreneurs has gone back to school to inspire the next generation to get ahead in a technologically advanced society.
At 27-years-old, Jack Delosa is on the BRW young rich list with an estimated worth of $25 million.
Mr Delosa attributes his wealth to teaching entrepreneurs how to further their business.
“You've got to be willing to think outside the box and tap into yourself,” he said.
“We've got 60,000 members across the world right now and it's a complete diverse mix.
“It's about 50/50 male and female all around the world, our main age demographic is 25 to 35.”
The university drop-out and one-time business failure owes a lot of his success to the internet, but there's no telling what heights the i-generation, a generation raised on the internet, will reach and its members – including Year 8 student Lennox Amatruda – know it.
“Earlier on, we've had access to more internet, more knowledge,” he said.
Thirteen-year-old Finn Warner doesn’t know what career he wants to pursue in the future, but he’s certain it will revolve around the internet.
“Really it's evolving every day,” he said.
“There are big companies and it's really something you're going to have to get used to if you're going to thrive in today's business world.”
Melbourne University Professor Patrick Griffin travels around Australia and the world, lecturing schools about the dynamic world of technology.
He believes schools need help to keep up with their tech-savvy students as many jobs in the future will bedigitally dependent jobs.
“Those in grade three or four, by the time they leave school, the technology is going to be widely different,” he said.
“A teacher now is a facilitator of learning...But they don't have to pass the information on to the students anymore. Google does that.”
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