Today's guest is Andrew Morello. He's a serial entrepreneur with a passion for humanitarian work.

Facts

Son of Italian immigrants who arrived in Australia in the 1950s

He founded his first business at age 14

At home he was educated in the importance of investment and real estate properties, buying his first apartment at age 18

In 2009 he was the winner of the first season of the Australian version of the reality show / competition "The Apprentice"

Since Andrew has been head of business development at Yellow Brick Road, working alongside the executive chairman, Mark Bouris.

In 2016, he co-founded HopHertz, a startup competing in the same realm than Uber.

As a board member of Project Gen Z (see episode 04, interviewing Liz Volpe), he was also involved in humanitarian work in Cambodia

He's a proud collector of neon light signs

Quotes

"Between 0 and 7 you learn three things: your barometer on love, your barometer on fear and your barometer on hate. If you grow up in a household where you're encouraged to try new things, obviously your fear factor is a lot less than somebody who may have grown with (...) a mother and father that lived in a warn-torn country and and are really cautious about everything"

"A couple of years ago, (...) one of my mentors (...) he said: you're all this stuff for children for another country. What are you doing for the children in Australia?"

"An indigenous person, lives in average 11 years less than a non-indigenous person in Australia. We really need to pick up the pace on trying to rectify some of the wrongs that we've done"

"I think you gain your most empathy and understanding of other people when you decide to step out of your comfort zone"

Links

https://twitter.com/andrewmorello

https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-morello-534b601b

Yellow Brick Road

https://www.ybr.com.au/

Hop Hertz

http://www.myhop.io/

Project Gen Z

https://www.projectgenz.com.au/