The Brisbane teenager who preferred work to school now has his own global business

When Joe Andon was 15 years old, he would skip school and head to his own rented office where he had a business helping others with online marketing.

Over time, as he honed his skills, he saw how his work online had an immediate benefit for the businesses he was helping.

“I would build an online store for them, which was new at the time, I would do brochures, billboards, all sorts of stuff,” he told Business Insider.

“And I could literally see their sales going through the roof.”

He decided to try his hand and realised it didn’t really matter what he was selling. He ran his finger down a list of products he could sell online and stopped when he came to trampoline.

He didn’t physically have the trampolines. All he had was a photograph.

When he had enough orders, he contacted the supplier in China, made delivery to his customers and took a profit.

Today, Andon and his company Vuly sell trampolines and accessories to Toys ‘R’ Us, Harvey Norman, in about 50 locations across the Middle East, and, since 2015, in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe and Russia. Read more

Chris Pash - Business Insider Australia - 6 June 2017