Matthew Lepre had no intention of staying at university — nor did he have any interest in persuing a dentistry degree at the University of Melbourne.
After two weeks, he decided to return to Sydney working three manual labour jobs to help his single mother financially.
Going to university was something his mum wanted him to do.
But Mr Lepre had other dreams — he, like most young adults who just finish school, wanted a job allowing him the flexibility to work anywhere in the world, while making enough money to do all the things he enjoyed.
“My mum came to Australia as an immigrant with nothing, and we had to get help from the
Salvation Army, who brought us food to our house, just to get by,” he told news.com.au
“She always had hopes that I would some day become a dentist and live a life better than she had.
However, I knew a 9-5 job wasn’t the life I wanted to live.”
He went on to work in a cordial factory stacking boxes, as a dock hand in another factory and spent his weekend gardening on a farm in Leppington — hardly what he had in mind, but a decision that would soon lead him to developing a business that would earn him $120,000 a month — at just 26 years old.
In his downtime, Mr Lepre researched how to kickstart an online business.
“At a seminar in Sydney I was introduced to a business coach from America where I began to learn all the basics of starting an online business and from there I started my own e-commerce, online store.”
Being part of a generation of social media influencers, Mr Lepre saw an opportunity to hone in on beauty products for men and women, having researched the impact Instagram influencers can have on brands.
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