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Join me with my guest Ryan Tuckwood, Australia's top sales coach, who highlights the importance of skill development in sales and job interviews, emphasizing that being yourself isn't enough to reach your goals. Learn more about cold calling, building relationships, and personal branding in today's digital age. Don't miss out on Ryan's powerful reminder to take risks and roll the dice—sometimes, that's exactly what you need to unlock your full potential. Episode Highlights: 00:00 - Episode trailer 02:33 - Client Success Stories 05:03 - Overcoming Introversion 07:18 - The 10-step Negotiation Ladder 10:04 - Making a Strong First Impression 12:53 - How to Shift Emotions Positively in Interviews 19:15 - Understanding Personality Types 27:39 - Decision-Making Strategies 30:44 - Barack Obama's 60% Rule 33:38 - Understanding Worst-Case Scenarios 36:27 - How Skills Build True Confidence 39:39 - Crafting the Perfect Cold Call 45:36 - Exploring the Psychology of Authority 52:23 - Using Subtle Language for Authority 57:08 - The Power of Preempting Scripts 01:05:17 - The Two Words You Don't Want on Your Deathbed About my guest: Ryan Tuckwood is a renowned sales coach and the co-founder of SWISH Sales Coaching, widely recognized as the No. 1 ethical sales coach globally. Once a struggling, reluctant sales professional with just 31 cents to his name, Ryan turned his life around through relentless study and a deep understanding of sales as a process. He has since coached nearly 6,000 businesses and individuals worldwide, helping them generate over $1 billion in new sales revenue. Ryan's clients include top companies like Mercedes-Benz, AMEX, and Westpac. His expertise has earned him the opportunity to share the stage with figures such as Grant Cardone and Jordan Belfort. In 2018, Ryan and his co-founder Jack Corbett made history on Channel Ten's Shark Tank, securing the support of three Australian entrepreneurial heavyweights—Dr. Glen Richards, Steve Baxter, and Andrew Banks—who are now shareholders and advisors to SWISH Sales Coaching. Connect with Ryan Website: https://www.swishsalescoaching.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryantuckwoodofficial/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL93CDfMKRqglmU_8ey_YbA Become a globally recognized Trainer and Speaker in just 90 days! https://www.speaktoleadblueprint.com/speaktoleadblueprint Want to manage your life the same way that helped me make $1 million by 28 and travel the world at the same time? Grab my FREE one-page Life By Design productivity planner below ⁠https://planner.morgantnelson.com/optinplanner Join the Dream Out Loud Facebook Community https://bit.ly/49QXClW Follow me on Instagram here https://www.Instagram.com/ Subscribe to my YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@morgantnelson

In this episode, Managing Partner Tim Whybourne catches up with serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and TV personality Steve Baxter. They discuss everything from Steves's background, his early wins in business through to his latest venture investing in anything defence-related where many other funds are not able to.Steve grew up in north QLD before joining the Military at the age of 15 taking on a military apprenticeship in engineering, electronics, and telecoms. His career in the Army spanned 9 years before he left to launch his first start-up called SE Net from his bedroom. This business was eventually acquired by OZemail under the stewardship of ex-Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. In 2001 Baxter teamed up with his schoolmate and serial tech entrepreneur, Bevan Slattery to launch his second start-up in Pipe Networks before selling that to TPG in 2010. Steve founded River City Labs, Brisbane's well-known co-working hub in 2012 and has been championing Australian startups and entrepreneurs ever since.  He has appeared as a ‘Shark' on Channel 10's Shark Tank Australia since 2014.In this episode, we discuss Steves's latest venture in his new fund called Beaten Zone Ventures which aims to invest in early-stage defence businesses that are developing weapons and systems to assist with holding, aiming and controlling weapons in addition to training soldiers to protect them from opposition lethality.Disclaimer: The information in this podcast series is for general financial educational purposes only, should not be considered financial advice and is only intended for wholesale clients. That means the information does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs. You should consider if the information is appropriate for you and your needs. You should always consult your trusted licensed professional adviser before making any investment decision.

Today's guest runs a social enterprise, owns several investment properties and got out of school as fast as he could. He's just written his first book - 'Young, dumb and financially independent' - oh yes, and his mentor is Shark Tank celeb Steve Baxter. Taj Pabari of the ASE group joins wealth editor James Kirby in this episode. --------- In today's show,  we cover: * The importance of starting your investment journey early  * Why financial literacy should be taught in schools * Property investing as a fun side hustle  * Do you really need a car? (if you are serious about saving)   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Steve Baxter is a Tech entrepreneur and Investor. He co-founded the Investing Platform, TEN13 and recently a VC Fund, Beaten Zone Venture Partners focused on DefenseTech. He has built and sold two startups: SE Net and PIPE Networks (for $373M). He was a 'Shark' on the hit TV series, Shark Tank for four seasons, showcasing his business expertise.This episode is hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It's now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***CLICK HERE to read show notes from this conversation. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterGet in touch with our Founder and Host, Vidit Agarwal directly hereContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***The High Flyers Podcast re-imagines the traditional notion of a "high flyer" and is a premier product of the Curiosity Center. The podcast showcases the journeys of relatable role models from their sunrise (childhood) to today. Listeners love the unique and direct inside access to these relatable role models, companies and industries in every walk of life to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.170+ guests have joined Vidit Agarwal on the show from around the world including Heads of state, Olympians, Business and cultural leaders, Social Advocates, Investors, Entrepreneurs and more. Past guests include: Anil Sabharwal, Mark Suster, Ahmed Fahour, Holly Ransom, Daniel Petre, Paul Bassat, Simon Holmes a Court, Michael Traill, Osher Gunsberg, Ed Cowan, Carol Schwartz, Wyatt Roy, Jack Zhang, Martijn Wilder, Holly Kramer and more.The Curiosity Center is widely recognised as a leading on-demand intelligence network for founders, investors, executives and students with an audience of over 200,000 across this podcast + Association Series, 7-Star Events and Wondery. Find out more at www.curiositycenter.xyz***

Payroll tax returns for the 2024 financial year are due very shortly. Steve Baxter of Forvis Mazars advises businesses to start getting prepared now due to complexities around the tax. After all, a return may be required for each state and territory where a business has employees. Plus, he says, in the short period after the end of the financial year, the different classes of employees, wage categories, and connected entities will all impact on payroll tax. Business Essentials Daily is produced by: SoundCartelsoundcartel.com.au+61 3 9882 8333See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new proposed tax in Victoria aims to bolster the revenue base of the state government, which, like other states, is grappling with substantial debts. The Commercial and Industrial Property Tax (CIPT) will be applied to properties acquired from 1 July 2024 onwards. Steve Baxter, National Indirect Tax Partner at Mazars, discusses the proposed levy and which properties it will likely affect. Business Essentials Daily is produced by: SoundCartelsoundcartel.com.au+61 3 9882 8333See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

En esta edición estrenamos 'After the Storm', el nuevo trabajo del teclista, compositor y productor Chris 'Big Dog' Davis. Repasamos otros lanzamientos en la música Smooth Jazz protagonizados por Adam Hawley, The Allen Carman Project, Norman Brown, Johnny LaSalsa y Steve Baxter. En el bloque central recordamos la figura del cantante Ronnie Dyson, que se hizo muy popular a finales de los 60 por ser uno de los protagonistas del musical 'Hair' y poner voz al célebre tema 'Aquarius'.

En esta edición estrenamos en exclusiva 'Soul Times', el álbum del violinista Johnny LaSalsa: versiones sobre grandes clásicos en clave Smooth y Latin Jazz. En el repaso a otros recientes lanzamientos reseñamos los álbumes de Adam Hawley, Norman Brown, Steve Baxter, Sy Smith y Leee John & Bill Sharpe. En el bloque central recordamos la figura del saxofonista Mark Colby, un músico fallecido a mediados de 2020.

En este especial repasamos algunas de las novedades discográficas más destacadas de la música Smooth Jazz de las que hemos presentado en Marzo de 2024. Entre ellas, los nuevos trabajos de Steffen Morrison, Jeff Logan, Reza Khan, Grace Kelly, Steve Baxter y Adam Hawley.

En esta edición estrenamos 'Deep Cover', el EP de cinco temas que acaba de publicar el flautista Jef Kearns. Repasamos otras novedades de la música Smooth Jazz editadas por Adam Hawley, Steve Baxter, Camera Soul, Cotonete y Reza Khan. En el bloque del recuerdo recuperamos el único disco que publicó el músico, compositor y productor William Eaton.

Estreno de 'Unstoppable', nuevo álbum del guitarrista Adam Hawley, una de las apariciones más destacadas en la música Smooth Jazz de los últimos años. Repasamos los recientes lanzamientos de Steve Baxter, Reza Khan, Grace Kelly, Jeff Logan y Leee John & Bill Sharpe. En el bloque central escuchamos las colaboraciones de la vocalista Alyson Williams junto a Marcus Johnson, Tashan, Club 1600 y Najee.

El estreno de esta edición es 'Crusade Blvd', el nuevo trabajo discográfico del trombonista Steve Baxter. En el habitual repaso a recientes lanzamientos de la música Smooth Jazz reseñamos los álbumes de Jeff Logan, Grace Kelly, Reza Khan, Sy Smith y Christoph Spendel Group. En el bloque para el recuerdo rescatamos dos de los discos que editó en la década de los 70 la banda Heaven & Earth.

Steve Baxter is an Australian entrepreneur, veteran and previously a shark on Australian Shark Tank. At the age of 15, Steve joined the Army, enlisting in its apprenticeship program. He became a technician working in the field of electronics, telecoms and guided weapon systems. In 1994, at the age of 23, Steve launched his first start-up, the pioneering internet service provider SE Net, from his spare room. Steve is now the Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TEN13, Australia's leading tech start-up investment platform, and Founder and Lead Investor with Beaten Zone Venture Partners which is dedicated to early-stage investments in Australian sovereign legal defence technology. In this episode, Steve lends his experience as a successful entrepreneur and shares his observations regarding capability investment across the Defence Force.

Payroll tax returns for the 2023 Financial Year are due in July. It's a big task, especially for businesses with staff around the country, because each state and territory has different requirements. Steve Baxter, National Indirect Tax Partner at Mazars, explains how payroll tax works, when it's due for each state, and the care employers must heed when they prepare their payroll tax calculations. Business Essentials Daily is produced by: SoundCartelsoundcartel.com.au+61 3 9882 8333See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On tonight's episode of What's Hot at the Ten Spot with DJTen we continue to celebrate music's Golden Age, the 70s and 80's with some hot jams from The Isley Brothers, El DeBarge, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Earth, Wind & Fire, Average White Band and Whitney Houston.We've got some smooth jazz cuts from Jason Jackson, Lin Rountree, Steve Baxter, Shawn Raiford, Rocco Ventrella, and Bob Baldwin. We bring the funk with the Funktastic Players, Wayman Tisdale and George Clinton. And we pay tribute to one of the most innovative musicians of our time, Wayne Shorter.

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El saxofonista y flautista Scott Mayo ha publicado 'Meu Brasil', un homenaje a la música de ese país en el que han colaborado artistas como Sergio Mendes, Dori Caymmi, Guinga o Gracinha Leporace. Lo estrenamos y repasamos novedades de la música Smooth Jazz de Michael Broening, Blue Moka, Will Downing, Steve Baxter y Chelsea Nichole. En el bloque central hacemos un breve repaso por la discografía del pianista, compositor y cantante Jon Cleary, músico británico afincado desde hace años en New Orleans.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Presentación de 'Africa Rising', el nuevo trabajo discográfico del saxofonista André Ward, y repaso a recientes lanzamientos en la música Smooth Jazz de artistas como Wolfgang Haffner, Steve Baxter, Will Downing, The 3 Keys e Italian Groove Collective. En el bloque central recuperamos los dos discos que publicó a comienzos de los 80 el músico y cantante Charles Veal, fallecido en 2009.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El estreno de esta edición es 'Silent World', el nuevo disco del baterista alemán Wolfgang Haffner. Repasamos otros recientes lanzamientos de la música Smooth Jazz de artistas como Steve Baxter, Michael Broening, Victor Haynes, Akira Jimbo y D.S. Wilson. En el bloque central hacemos un breve repaso por la discografía en solitario de la cantante brasileña Paula Morelenbaum.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! El pianista Michael Broening, uno de los productores más cotizados de la música Smooth Jazz acaba de publicar 'Never Too Late', su primer trabajo como solista. Lo estrenamos y repasamos otras novedades discográficas de Italian Groove Collective, Andrew Small, Hil St Soul, The 3 Keys y Steve Baxter. En el bloque del recuerdo rescatamos el álbum 'L.A. is My lady', editado por Frank Sinatra en 1984. Un producción de Quincy Jones en la que colaboraron muchos instrumentistas del mundo del Smooth Jazz.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En esta edición presentamos 'Take the Day Off', nuevo trabajo discográfico del proyecto Tortured Soul. En el repaso a novedades de la música Smooth Jazz reseñamos los álbumes de Steve Baxter, D.S. Wilson, Peet Project, The 3 Keys y Andrew Small. El bloque central es un recuerdo para el recientemente fallecido Barrett Strong. Creador de algunos de los grandes éxitos del sonido Motown, repasamos algunas de sus composiciones en versiones de Peter White, Dianne Reeves, Paul Young y Lee Ritenour.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En este especial repasamos algunas de las novedades discográficas más destacadas de la música Smooth Jazz de las que hemos presentado en Enero de 2023. Entre ellas, los nuevos trabajos de Italian Groove Collective, D.S. Wilson, Joel Sarakula, Andrew Small, The 3 Keys y Steve Baxter.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! En esta edición estrenamos 'Do What You Feel', el nuevo trabajo del trombonista Steve Baxter. En el repaso a otros recientes lanzamientos de la música Smooth Jazz suenan los discos de Andres Small, The 3 Keys, Joel Sarakula, Peet Project y Victor Haynes. En el bloque central recopilamos algunos de los temas más destacados de la discografía de la banda Tortured Soul, liderada por el baterista y cantante John-Christian Urich.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de Cloud Jazz Smooth Jazz. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/27170

In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instabilityFun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimbabwe in 2008 was at 230 million percent, incredible! Influences of seeing his entrepreneurial dad run various businesseswhat led to him attending university in AustraliaIntroduction into the tech world first at GE and then KPMGReflections on the transition from KPMG to co-founding a family officeInside how we met Steve Baxter (of Shark Tank fame)How they built out the brand and business in Ten13economics of operating a syndicate modelwhat led to them investing in international markets like Africa and Columbia with a number of successful startups in their portfolioIt's now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Steve Baxter is an Australian investor and entrepreneur living in Brisbane. Many people will know him as one of the ‘sharks' on Channel 10's Shark Tank, and we're excited to unpack that. But we are also excited to unpack his life as a serial entrepreneur, investor and mentor. ****Calling all bulls, bears and party animals.The market's closed and the bar is open. Come and trade ideas at Australia's biggest investing festival - Equity Mates' FinFest.With expert speakers and guests, DJs and booze, it's an inspiring and empowering event for investors of any level of experience.Save the date - 15th October, 2022 Sydney - Head to equitymates.com/finfest to register your interest.Equity Mates' FinFest, powered by Stake****Order Get Started Investing on Booktopia or Amazon now. If you want to let Alec or Bryce know what you think of an episode, contact them here. Make sure you don't miss anything about Equity Mates - visit this page if you want to support our work.Have you just started investing? Listen to Get Started Investing – Equity Mates series that breaks down all the fundamentals you need to feel confident to start your journey.Want more Equity Mates? Come to our website and subscribe to Equity Mates Investing Podcast, social media channels, Thought Starters mailing list and more at or check out our Youtube channel.*****In the spirit of reconciliation, Equity Mates Media and the hosts of Equity Mates Investing Podcast acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today. *****Equity Mates Investing Podcast is a product of Equity Mates Media. All information in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. Equity Mates gives listeners access to information and educational content provided by a range of financial services professionals. It is not intended as a substitute for professional finance, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Equity Mates Investing Podcast are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Equity Mates Media does not operate under an Australian financial services licence and relies on the exemption available under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) in respect of any information or advice given.Before making any financial decisions you should read the Product Disclosure Statement and, if necessary, consult a licensed financial professional. Do not take financial advice from a podcast or video. For more information head to the disclaimer page on the Equity Mates website where you can find ASIC resources and find a registered financial professional near you. Equity Mates is part of the Acast Creator Network. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Steve Baxter says it like it is. He is not shy about being controversial and he is comfortable with the discomfort of disagreement. But as one of Australia's most visible tech entrepreneurs, active investor and mentor to numerous startups, he has done more than almost anyone in the country to popularise early stage technology investment. He also provides some of the most useful and easy to remember advice to entrepreneurs, like ‘execution is everything' and ‘don't treat your business as a cash register'. Steve has been championing Australian startups and entrepreneurs since he founded River City Labs, Brisbane's well-known co-working hub in 2012. But many of us are most familiar with Steve as a result of his appearance as a ‘Shark' on Channel 10's Shark Tank Australia. These days Steve is energised by TEN13 an investment syndicate platform for sophisticated investors to invest alongside him and the experienced Investments team that supports him. It was a real treat to speak with Steve – and like me I am sure you will not die wondering what he really thinks. Links https://www.stevebaxter.com.au/ https://www.ten13.vc/ River City Labs EmpowerEd EmpowerEd is a 10-week program that is detailed, practical and high touch. Combining online learning, small cohort facilitated sessions, mentorship, networking and personalised support. The program has been specifically designed to decode the world of angel investing and venture capital for women-led startups across Australia and designed in a way that supports you, the founder- every step of the way! Want to know more about the Empowered program? Apply here and don't forget to use the code Connect to Capital for a 25% scholarship for the August 2022 program. Starting August 9th. TAKE 10MINS TO APPLY NOW: https://scale-investors.mykajabi.com/empowered

My guest for Ep161 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Partner at TEN13 VC, Steve Baxter. Steve is best known for his role on TV as a “Shark” on Australia's Shark Tank, but prior to this he had a highly successful career as an entrepreneur. In this episode we cover his journey and lessons […] The post Ep161 – Steve Baxter (Partner – TEN13 VC) on capability, competitors & investing appeared first on Startup Playbook.

https://www.swishsalescoaching.com/ Ryan Tuckwood is the Co-Founder & CEO of SWISH Sales Coaching, a multi-award-winning business owner and public speaker. Having coached and trained over 6,500 businesses and individuals across five continents and showing his clients how to close over $1billion dollars in new sales revenue in the last few years alone, Ryan has positioned himself at the pinnacle of corporate professionals in the modern age. Ryan has shared either the stage or the interview mic with a range of iconic figures, such as Grant Cardone, Jordan Belfort (Wolf of Wall Street), Mark Bouris, Michael Lane, Harry Singha to name a few…. He's also extremely fortunate to have an abundance of corporate speaking experience after training top tier firms such as Mercedes Benz, Australian Skin Clinics, Westpac Private Banking, National Storage and more. Ryan first rose to prominence after featuring on Channel 10's Hit TV Show Shark Tank in 2018, where he and his Co-Founder Jack Corbett successfully secured the support of three Australian Entrepreneur powerhouses in Dr. Glen Richards, Steve Baxter and Andrew Banks who still to this day are advisors and investors in the company. In April 2021, Ryan was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Talent Visa as part of the Australian Government's Global Talent Program.

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Steve Baxter, co-founder and COO of tech company GTRsuite, is new to the furniture industry. And oftentimes, these newcomers—who don't have any bias or past information to go on—realize some extraordinary things. Joining just a year and a half ago, Baxter's background in tech led him to create GTRsuite a tool that gives manufacturers the ability to put store locators on their site, which then directs customers shopping online to their nearest brick-and-mortar retailer. While talking to Baxter about GTRsuite, we began to talk about e-commerce in general and “disrupting the disrupters.”

In 1994, before the terms "startup" or "bootstrapping" were in common use, Steve Baxter started a successful internet service provider, SE Net, from the spare room of his Adelaide home. Since then, Steve's wide ranging career has led him to play many roles as part of the Australian Startup Ecosystem, including playing key roles in the founding of River City Labs, Right Pedal Studios and StartupAUS, as well as featuring on the TV show Shark Tank. In his conversation with Adam, Steve touches on many of these, as well as discussing his ideas on what the Australian Government could be doing to be encouraging growth in the Startup ecosystem.

We're taking the journey into the brave new world of startups and startup investing, continuing the conversation with successful startup founder, tech startup investor and Shark Tank star Steve Baxter. Last week we delved into the entrepreneurial world as we followed Steve's own journey to startup success and what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur.  This week we take this to the next level to consider what makes a successful startup and how you can go about evaluating and investing in them. According to recent research, the failure rate for a venture fund portfolio is 40% to 50% in a given year, and 90% of all companies invested in will not make it beyond the 10 year mark. So the notion that only one in 10 venture capital investments will succeed is industry expectation. But the 10% of companies that do make it big can return many thousands of percent to investors. Understandably, typical venture deals are structured over 10 years until exit. The ideal exit strategy is for the company to go public via an initial public offering (IPO), which can generate the out-sized returns expected from taking on such risk. Other exit strategies that are less desirable include being acquired by another company or remaining as a private, profitable venture. So as an investment class, startups are an area of big risks with the slim probability of big rewards. So how can investors be successful at the startup game? This is where Steve Baxter comes in. As you already know if you listened to last episode's part 1 chat, Steve became a celebrity startup investor as a Shark on the popular TV Show Shark Tank following his personal startup founder success with PIPE Networks, which was acquired for a whopping $373 million. Steve now runs TEN13, an investment syndicate platform for sophisticated investors to invest alongside him and the experienced Transition Level Investments team. Unlike many venture capitalists, Steve puts his own cash on the dash to the tune of an average of 15% to 20% of every seed deal. Enjoy startup investing insights from one of the best in the business. Steve's book recommendation: Ruins Of The Earth by Hopper and Chaney TEN13: So If you're a sophisticated investor looking to diversify your portfolio and invest in top calibre technology companies, reach out to Steve and his high calibre TEN13 investment team who undertake exhaustive due diligence before they invest. Get ‘Self, Health and Wealth' wisdom in your inbox: Join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now.  I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth' wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can't wait to get each month. It's full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth' potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia's most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.com

What separates the best entrepreneurs from the rest? Top investor, founder and ‘Shark' Steve Baxter knows better than anyone. Steve is one of Australia's most successful tech entrepreneurs who gives back as an investor and mentor, while also starring on Channel 10's very popular Shark Tank Australia. In this episode we'll look at what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur alongside Steve's own journey, while next episode we delve into what makes a successful start up business and how you go about evaluating and investing in them. Steve is the living epitome of the old saying that ‘Today I'll invest in what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't!' In 1994, at the age of just 23, Steve put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to launch his first startup, the pioneering internet service provider SE Net, from the spare room of his Adelaide home, as you'll hear in detail during our chat. And it was around that time that I had the pleasure of first meeting Steve, as his business partner was a mutual and longtime friend of mine Chris Foote. Growing rapidly to service more than 35,000 customers, SE Net was eventually sold and acquired by Ozemail under the stewardship of its Founding Director and past Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. In 2001, Steve then teamed with a schoolmate to launch his second startup, PIPE Networks, a provider of wholesale telecom infrastructure that was listed on the ASX in 2005. Eight years later they sold it to the TPG Group for the princely sum of just $373 million – a truly hard fought and lifechanging moment. Steve then spent a year working with Google in California in 2008, leading a project to deliver high-speed telecommunications systems across North America. Since 2010 he has become an early stage investor in startups through his investment company, Transition Level Investments. This led to the founding of Brisbane tech startup hub River City Labs and the creation of Startup Catalyst and RiverPitch programs, and he's been championing Australian startups and entrepreneurs ever since.  He's also been on the listed boards of Vocus Telecoms, Indoor Skydive Australia Group and Other Levels as well as being on the board of Commercialisation Australia. Steve's also been heavily involved in the early days of founding numerous industry groups and forums such as the South Australian Internet Association, South Australian Internet Exchange, Australian Domain Name Authority, and more. Steve now runs TEN13, an investment syndicate platform for sophisticated investors to invest alongside him and the experienced Transition Level Investments team, as unlike many venture capitalists, Steve puts his own cash on the dash to the tune of an average of 15% to 20% of every seed deal. TEN13 understands that to get great returns you need to invest in global companies, so they've built a global portfolio across five continents with a value of over $2 billion in its first 18 months. So If you're a sophisticated investor looking to diversify your portfolio and invest in top calibre technology companies, reach out to Steve and his high calibre TEN13 investment team who undertake exhaustive due diligence before they invest. Get ‘Self, Health and Wealth' wisdom in your inbox: Join me and many other like minded investors in our Get Invested community right now.  I send a free and exclusive monthly email full of practical ‘Self, Health and Wealth' wisdom that our current Freedom Fighter subscribers can't wait to get each month. It's full of investment and lifestyle tips, my personal book recommendations, apps I use to enhance life and so much more. Just visit bushymartin.com.au and sign up at the bottom of the page … because this is just the beginning! Get Invested is the leading weekly podcast for Australians who want to learn how to unlock their full ‘self, health and wealth' potential. Hosted by Bushy Martin, an award winning property investor, founder, author and media commentator who is recognised as one of Australia's most trusted experts in property, investment and lifestyle, Get Invested reveals the secrets of the high performers who invest for success in every aspect of their lives and the world around them. Remember to subscribe on your favourite podcast player, and if you're enjoying the show please leave us a review. Find out more about Get Invested here https://bushymartin.com.au/get-invested-podcast/  Want to connect with Bushy? Get in touch here https://bushymartin.com.au/contact/  This show is produced by Apiro Media - http://apiropodcasts.com

In this latest episode of our Best of Series, you'll hear from Jennifer Holland, Founder & CEO of Throat Scope and Holland Healthcare, on preparedness, persistence and revolutionising the healthcare industry. chiefmaker.com/209 Jennifer's passion lies in inventing, designing and developing medical products that will revolutionise the healthcare industry. Her first invention was Throat Scope, which was the recipient of $50,000 prize money for the ‘What's Your Big Idea Queensland?' in 2011, allowing her to build several prototypes and register a patent. In 2015, she secured investment from Steve Baxter on Shark Tank Australia, helping the business grow exponentially and attract significant publicity. Her mission is to raise awareness for Head & Neck Cancer & introduce an affordable oral health system for the underserved and she has received many awards for her entrepreneurship and volunteering, and actively participates in speaking and networking events internationally.   In this episode we talk all about: Preparing for Shark Tank and the lessons applicable to career growth; How she lives her motto: believe, act, persist; Balancing life as a mumpreneur with 4 kids; and Taking opportunities and turning a no into a yes. Connecting with Jennifer Holland You can connect with Jennifer via LinkedIn.

The tech start-up investor is a proud Queenslander, born in the remote town of Cloncurry and raised in Emerald in the State's central highlands. He left school at 15 and joined the Army, enlisting in its apprenticeship program. There, he became a technician working in the field of electronics, telecoms and guided weapon systems. The tech start-up investor is a proud Queenslander, born in the remote town of Cloncurry and raised in Emerald in the State's central highlands. He left school at 15 and joined the Army, enlisting in its apprenticeship program. There, he became a technician working in the field of electronics, telecoms and guided weapon systems. In 1994, at the age of 23, Steve put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to launch his first start-up SE Net which was eventually acquired by Ozemail/UUNet under the stewardship of its founding Director and now Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. In 2001, Steve teamed up with a schoolmate to launch his second start-up, PIPE Networks, a provider of wholesale telecoms infrastructure that was listed on the ASX in 2005. Eight years later they sold it to the TPG Group for $373 million. Steve spent a year working with Google in California in 2008, leading a project to deliver high-speed telecommunications systems across North America. These days Steve holds a highly acclaimed seat on Channel 10's start-up investment show, Shark Tank Australia, as he continues to scour the globe for major early-stage investment opportunities.

Chris is an IP attorney by trade by day and angel investor. He's a member of Sydney EO.In 2007 he made his first start up investment, outside of Baxter IP, and has gone on to have a portfolio of 25 start up companies. With this type of investment, there's a high degree of risk, but also the other side of the coin is a high reward factor when things work out.Chris has a number of areas where deals come to him including investing on incubator panels with notable investor Steve Baxter (think Shark Tank)More info on Chris:https://www.baxterip.com.au/

“Skinwalker Ranch” is a property located in Utah associated with many paranormal phenomena, high strangeness events, UFO sightings, trickster activity, and other strange characteristics. - The property has several previous owners including Kenneth and Edith Meyers, Terry and Gwen Sherman and others. - Notably Robert Bigelow, a billionaire interested in the bizarre reports frequently coming out of Skinwalker Ranch, owned the property from 1996-2016. Bigelow funded the National Institute of Discovery Science (NIDS) which was instrumental in performing a plethora of studies on the grounds in an attempt to resolve the mysteries. - Brandon Fugal acquired the property from Bigelow in 2016 and maintains investigating the strange anomaly's still reported to be occurring at Skinwalker Ranch. - Herein, we discuss the bizarre events that have been reported to have occurred at Skinwalker Ranch, the studies NIDS was involved with, Robert Bigelow, Brandon Fugal, and attempt to better understand what might be going on here. - What say you? - Shoutout to Steve Baxter for Artwork:https://www.pexels.com/@steve-baxter-1059180 #UFO #paranormal #secret

No one knows better than the Founder of Car Next Door, Will Davies, the concept of starting before you're ready. Launching as a 'lean startup' with a mission of breaking the 'One Person, One Car' mentality to reduce carbon emissions around the world, Will has learned everything he knows about business the hard way... and he wouldn't change a single thing.   Now with over 220,000 members, $34 MILLION paid to car owners, and investors on board such as Suncorp, Hyundai and Shark Tank's Steve Baxter, Will shares the invaluable lessons he learned from his business journey on this episode of The Make It Happen Show. Listen to how Will made it happen, from how he cold-called investors to get them on board, to managing the complexities of a growing team, and scaling hard and fast, there are so many pearls of wisdom in this ep. If you also want to change the world, or just change one issue affecting a small group of people, this is the podcast for you. Timestamps: [2:32] How Will started his business with the goal of reducing carbon emissions [4:52] Why purpose is your most sustainable source of motivation [7:03] Why Car Next Door is so passionate about what it does [8:43] Car Next Door's impact and how it addresses environmental issues [11:29] The technicality behind bringing Car Next Door to life [12:44] The lessons that come with experiencing perpetual embarrassments in the early stages of business [13:56] The importance of giving yourself room to grow and improve [18:32] Will Davies dives into his Shark Tank experience [20:15] How to attract and retain investors [25:43] Coping with and balancing structure and fluidity during business growth [29:22] How the business managed through border restrictions and a pandemic [33:20] How to build leaders within your team [35:40] What you need to remember when experiencing growing pains

Presenting the SWISH Summit series. After lining up Australian business icons & Shark Tank Investors Andrew Banks, Dr. Glen Richards & Steve Baxter, as well as Scaling Up Coach Anna Samios in October, we were joined by hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs & salespeople for the first-ever, highly successful SWISH Summit.Over the next three weeks we've brought you some of our guest speakers from the nine-hour day, and today is no different. Today you'll be joined with a 45-minute keynote and 15 minute live Q&A with SWISH co-founder & renowned entrepreneur Jack Corbett. Jack Corbett is regarded as one of Australia's most successful and talented young entrepreneurs and public speakers, having owned multiple businesses, from his roots of growing up in the largest housing commission in the UK, Jack has since enjoyed huge success at a young age.Jack is renowned for his ability to teach highly practical tips and tricks you can begin applying yourself and with your team instantly, and he does not disappoint today.Key takeaways include: How sales can allow you to 'recession' proof yourself and your businessHow we are the 'Consumer Generation'Middle offering syndrome and why you should always offer at least two optionsSemi-Closed Questioning

Presenting the SWISH Summit series. After lining up Australian business icons & Shark Tank Investors Andrew Banks, Dr. Glen Richards & Steve Baxter, as well as Scaling Up Coach Anna Samios in October, we were joined by hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs & salespeople for the first-ever, highly successful SWISH Summit.Over the next few weeks we'll be bringing you some of our highlights from the nine-hour day. Today you'll be joined by a 45-minute keynote & 15 minute Q&A with Dr. Glen Richards. Dr. Glen Richards is the founding Managing Director of Greencross, the largest pet care company in Australia. Glen grew the Greencross empire from a single veterinary practice in Townsville into an ASX-listed company with clinics all over Australia. He is also internationally renowned for his appearance as an investor on Australia's Hit TV Show, Shark Tank. Glen's keynote provides an extremely informational journey through Glen's experience both personally and professionally.Key takeaways include:  Glen's personal and professional growthSuccession planning through your staff & customer experienceHow to turn your sole-trader into an empireWhy most great ideas react from an industry roadblockWhere most people go to secure investments (Friends, Family & Fools)

Presenting the SWISH Summit series. After lining up Australian business icons & Shark Tank Investors Andrew Banks, Dr. Glen Richards & Steve Baxter, as well as Scaling Up Coach Anna Samios in October, we were joined by hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs & salespeople for the first-ever, highly successful SWISH Summit. Over the next few weeks we'll be bringing you some of our highlights from the nine hour day. Today you'll be joined by a 45 minute keynote & 15 minute Q&A with Anna Samios.Anna Samios is an experienced, external Board Adviser and leadership team facilitator to high growth, small and medium sized companies who are driven by excellence and wish to build capability and manage growth using a proven strategic execution framework. She is also the only female, Certified Rockefeller Habits & Scaling Up Coach in Australia. Throughout Anna's highly practical keynote, she identifies the four core factors you need to scale your business to succeed. These four fundamentals will act as a checklist for you and your business to action tomorrow. Key takeaways includeAbout Anna Samios & her experienceThe four core factors you need for scaling & success:Leadership Development: Growing Leaders in your team who have the ability to predict & delegateScalable Infrastructure: Lack of systems & structureEffective Marketing: Failure to scale up through effective marketing strategy and functions

To celebrate the 20th episode of The SWISH Show, we're dropping insane value… Presenting the SWISH Summit series.After lining up Australian business icons & Shark Tank Investors Andrew Banks, Dr. Glen Richards & Steve Baxter, as well as Scaling Up Coach Anna Samios in October, we were joined by hundreds of business owners, entrepreneurs & salespeople for the first-ever, highly successful SWISH Summit.Over the next few weeks we'll be bringing you some of our highlights from the nine hour day. Today you'll be joined with a fifty-five minute live Q&A with Andrew Banks. Andrew is one of Australia's most respected business leaders in the global human resources and recruitment industry. Andrew Banks spent three years with TMP in New York as Global Director responsible for over 30 acquisitions, and 4,500 staff operating in 32 countries around the world.He is also internationally renowned for his appearance as an investor on Australia's Hit TV Show, Shark Tank.In Andrew's presentation, he joins Ryan Tuckwood for one hour of highly engaging and highly practical Q&A. Key takeaways include: - Choosing the right business partner (and whether you should have one)- The importance of getting the right people in your organisation and what to look out for when recruiting- Negativity is contagious- Why self-education will project you and your team

I had the honour of being MC at the Redlands Coast Chamber event with Steve Baxter where he shared some gold around what investors look for in businesses and teams. Tune in to see what really resonated with me when he spoke about teamsGet all the episodes at todaysleader.com.auThanks for listening to our Monday Mentoring session today. I hope it will give you the momentum to reach out for your dreams. If you are looking for an extra boost, check out my online academy for access to over 75 programs to help you build a better mindset, enhance your leadership skills, and boost your business. You can trial it for just $1 for the first month at thecoachcurlacademy.comWherever you are, You are standing Stronger Braver and WiserHave yourself a successful and productive week and remember the golden rule – Don't be an a-hole

I had the honour of being MC at the Redlands Coast Chamber event with Steve Baxter where he shared some gold around what investors look for in businesses and teams. Tune in to see what really resonated with me when he spoke about teamsGet all the episodes at todaysleader.com.auThanks for listening to our Monday Mentoring session today. I hope it will give you the momentum to reach out for your dreams. If you are looking for an extra boost, check out my online academy for access to over 75 programs to help you build a better mindset, enhance your leadership skills, and boost your business. You can trial it for just $1 for the first month at thecoachcurlacademy.comWherever you are, You are standing Stronger Braver and WiserHave yourself a successful and productive week and remember the golden rule – Don’t be an a-hole

Part B of our special double episode with Wayne Jones. Wayne picks up where we left off last week by talking about his transition out of the military… and into life as a CEO of the ASX listed iFly Australia. Taking a lot of risks and being supported by mentors including Steve Baxter… this is the story.   Intelligence Summary (INTSUM) 01:45   Intro from Tongue Charge 02:00   About the song ‘Kelly's Last Dance … and then we play some of it. 03:50   The song ‘One Crowded Hour', Wayne could never remember the song … and then we play some of it too. 05:45   Wayne describes the genesis of his current role as CEO of a listed company running indoor skydiving wind tunnels 08:10   Walking footpaths, belting down doors and googling ‘what is a signature block?' 12:00   After the capital raise…. time to make an indoor skydiving facility. 15:15   What is a wind tunnel? 17:42   How close is indoor skydiving to the real thing? 19:00   Jumping with weird and wonderful stuff. 21:00   Leadership differences: SAS to ASX. 24:58   The theatre of leadership: in an ASX Co. 26:30   The future of simulation and growth. 31:20   Talking resilience. 34:27   Ego and feelings. 36:30   Good habits and routine- what does Wayne do? 39:38   Breathing…. Relaxing techniques? 41:26   What's next and settling down….. Wayne's thoughts.   External Links Wayne's company iFLY Australia – Go get involved with some indoor freefall!    Music Tongue Charge!  Recorded in various locations from Cottesloe Beach to Uruzgan Province   Contact Get in touch with us: debrief@unforgiving60.com www.unforgiving60.com

Despite the effects of the pandemic, a record amount of venture capital was invested in Australian startups in the first half of 2020, with 92 deals recorded. To find out why Australian startups remain attractive to investors, Bernard Salt speaks to James Chin Moody, Founder & CEO of Sendle, Amanda Price, KPMG Australia’s Head of High Growth Ventures, and Steve Baxter, Founder & CEO of Transition Level Investments. Visit us at KPMG.com/au/WhatHappensNext or get in touch with the show at WhatHappensNext@kpmg.com.au

COVID-19 Shut Down – From the frying pan into the fire • WATCH https://GoodSauce.news/truth-talking-002 • Fifty years ago there was a mass transition of Indigenous Australians from work to welfare. Jobs disappeared en masse and government stepped into the breach with support. A cycle of inter-generational welfare dependency ensued, with generations of Indigenous people condemned to poverty. • In an article for the Spectator Australia, Warren Mundine has warned history may be about to repeat itself for many more Australians. Government responses to COVID-19 have seen jobs and businesses destroyed and millions of Australians reliant on government payments. • How do we wean a nation off welfare? • Are we too complacent about economic recovery? • Do we have the risk settings right for COVID-19? • Hear what our Panel has to say: Warren Mundine with Joe Hildebrand, Caroline Di Russo and Steve Baxter.

Steve is an investor, a partner at TEN13, and you may also know him as one of the sharks from the show Shark Tank in Australia. His journey in entrepreneurship and investments began over 25 years ago when he started his first company in the telecommunications area. He sold his second business in 2010 and went on to become an investor. Currently, he has an existing portfolio of over 30 companies. He was Queensland Chief Entrepreneur for three years, he does mentorships and is also a qualified pilot. Steve has several investments in the US and he draws a comparison between the start-up scene there and in Australia. Stay tuned as Steve shares his life experience and provides both tips and inspiration for anyone thinking of starting their own business or already working in their start-up. Quotes: “Really bad investments are easy to find… if you can sell to your customers it is a far easier way forward.” “If you're doing it and you know it's wrong, stop it and do anything else.” “The thing about bad news is when you hide it, it just doesn't get any better.” “You're either shooting the lights out or shooting your brains out” Thanks to our sponsor: We are Rubix. Read the full episode summary here: Episode #129 Enjoy the show! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/datafuturology/message

What happens when the CEO of the #1 Ethical Online Sales training company in the world meets with controversial marketing influencer & New York Times Best Selling author Grant Cardone to chat all things sales, business and life.Warning: This highly exclusive interview is packed with a ridiculous amount of sales bombs and Grant does not hold back on his opinion.Key Takeaways:Proximity is PowerWho are Grants Mentors?How Grant went from hating sales to being one of the best in the businessBenefits of investing in Sales TrainingTwo Degrees of ObscurityDoes Cold Calling still hold merit?When to present the price/offer in salesWhat does Legacy mean to Grant?Time & ScalingHow to balance professional and personal lifeGrant's 3 favourite closesHow to scale through the utilisation of digital platformsBuilding relationships with perceived competitorsABOUT THE SPEAKERSGrant Cardone is one of the world's bestselling authors, sales trainer, renowned speaker, international social media influencer and real estate mogul. Living by the motto: 10X your life!Ryan Tuckwood is one of few Shark Tank success stories, after gaining investment from not one but three sharks: Andrew Banks, Steve Baxter & Dr Glen Richards. Owning numerous award-winning businesses and being titled 2017 Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Ryan is on a mission to change the way the world thinks about sales.For live training, sales tips, and more content, follow @ISRTraining or @RyanTuckwood on Facebook, Instagram, or Linkedin.

How Technology is Revolutionising the Learning Landscape with Shark Tank Investor Steve Baxter & ISR Training CEO Ryan Tuckwood. In this extremely controversial podcast, Steve Baxter does not hold back his opinion on business and technology predictions, current affairs and more.Key Takeaways:Steve Baxter's thoughts on how online training is revolutionising the learning landscapeTips on implementing technology and navigating crisisInside knowledge on technology trendsWhat do investors look out for?It's become evident in the advanced world that technology is not only revolutionising the learning landscape, but simply making learning feasible. Whether you're an entrepreneur or savvy businessperson looking to advance your knowledge in the early hours of the morning with educational programs, an executive looking to upskill through online courses or really in any sector of education in the current world, it's become normal to acquire this through digital platforms. So, what are the predictions on how technology is advancing education in the future and how can you stay ahead of the game? Tune in as business & technology icon and former QLD Chief Entrepreneur Steve Baxter as he gives you his inside knowledge and more #TechTalk.ABOUT THE SPEAKERSSteve Baxter is an entrepreneur, tech investor and appeared as a “Shark” on Channel Ten's Shank Tank Australia. Born and raised in regional Queensland, he left school at 15 to join the Army as a technician. At 23, he put his life savings of $11,000 on the line to start his first business, SE Net which was later acquired by Ozemail. In 2001, he started PIPE Networks which was later sold to TPG for $373 million. Steve is now an early-stage tech investor. Through his investment syndicate, TEN13 he gives investors like him access to early-stage investment opportunities.Ryan Tuckwood is 1 half of the shark tank victors at ISR Training. ISR is a multi-award- winning sales coaching organisation based on the beautiful Gold Coast, Australia and they now train people across 5 continents with their online SWISH Sales Academy. Ryan openly admits he was once a reluctant, failing sales professional, struggling initially and even sleeping on a bathroom floor at one stage with just 31 cents to his name. He has now coached over 5,000 businesses & individuals globally, showing his clients how to close over $1billion dollars in new sales revenue in the last few years alone.For live training, sales tips, and more content, follow @ISRTraining or @RyanTuckwood on Facebook, Instagram, or Linkedin.

Steve Baxter from Shark Tank chatted with Mak about recent QLD Government decisions and some innovative ideas for the future.

Mak chatted with Steve Baxter about re-opening Queensland.

Today I have a chat with Steve Baxter, Father, Husban, and Investor. He has been a shark on Shark Tank. This episode is aimed at getting into the mind of Steve. Enjoy!

Steve Baxter is a thoroughbred tech entrepreneur. He started with $11,000 in 1994 and now has a net worth of over $100million. His business PIPE Networks sold in 2010 to TPG for over $370mill. He is best known as one of the investors on Shark Tank Australia and also has his own investment company, Transition Level, which provides seed capital to startups. On this episode we discuss what types of businesses and people Steve invests in, books he recommends and his personal investment strategy, plus much more!Please leave me 5 stars and a review! It keeps me inspired to keep creating awesome content for you. Contact me Socials: @alysegrace Contact Steve Baxter Socials: @stevebaxter Website: https://stevebaxter.com.au Website: https://www.transitionlevel.com

We were joined at _southstart by investor and entrepreneur - Steve Baxter. Most people will know Steve from Shark Tank Australia but his career is a lot more extensive than that. He has worked with many successful companies in leading roles over the last 25 years, roles that include Founder, Director, CEO and more.We discussed the work ethic of young people and how it's changed since Steve's earlier work with start-ups; with an insight into the difference between millennials entering the workforce now vs the generation that were starting out just after the recession of the 90s.I asked Steve how he maintains his teams, he likes to keep it old school – no ping pong tables and no working from home.And of course, I had to ask Steve about his time on Shark Tank and whether, as an investor, it was beneficial. Also, touching on the Beer Pal pitch, an app we developed.A great chat with some insights into an old school work culture in a modern environment. Enjoy!

S1E7 - Peter Laurie | Software Engineer | Entrepreneur | Industry MentorThis week you meet Peter Laurie. Peter has been a software engineer for more than 2 decades – he is director of a company that specialises in providing software for technology based start-up’s, he’s an entrepreneur himself and an industry mentor.Follow Us:Join the Advisory Board Chair community and join the conversation over at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/advisoryboardchair/ and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/19196502/admin/.The Secret Life of Advisors is the podcast of the Advisory Board Chair https://www.advisoryboardchair.com/This is a Cahoots Radio https://www.cahootsradio.com/ production edited by Skye Manson.Hosted by Corinne Butler https://www.linkedin.com/in/corinnebutler/.Let us know your favourite news stories for the week on email corinne@advisoryboardchair.com.aum.auFull Transcript:Corinne Butler: Hi, it's Corinne Butler here from Advisor Adventures, and I'd like to welcome our guest today, Peter Laurie. Welcome.Peter Laurie: Hi.Corinne Butler: Peter you're from Junta. First question I ask everyone is, your business name, how did you come up with that?Peter Laurie: So at the time me and my co-founder, we were looking for words that started with J, for no really good reason. And we found one that we liked, which was Junta. And so the definition was, we were going through word of the day, and the definition is a small group of people seeking to gain power through revolution, which pretty much suited what our mood was at the time.Corinne Butler: So I suppose in business you'd probably see that a little bit, a small group of people who want to make big changes.Peter Laurie: Yeah, that's right. And there's no way to do that in traditional mechanisms so you do that through influence and working with people, as opposed to directing people. Which is where we were at. We are at, yeah.Corinne Butler: So Peter tell me a little bit more about yourself. So who are you and what is your background?Peter Laurie: So my background, I'm an electrical engineer by training, but never worked as one because this thing called the internet turned up. And I burnt my fingers a lot less on the internet. I mean I've been doing software development on and off since I was about 10, but dad put together a computer when I was five. So I'm right at the front of that generation that's always had technology or a computer to play with, so I don't know any different. So I went into electrical engineering after high school and then came out and worked in a few different, what we call startups now, but they were just new ventures back then. So one called Information Dynamics, where we did Ray Whites first website. And then through Y2K, in it's Energex, in their power system. We definitely did fix some things that would have gone explosion. And then went through a few other businesses. I mean I can keep going with the history if you'd like?Corinne Butler: Please, yep.Peter Laurie: So then I was involved in the business that went to crap. We sold it technically, for the technical people out there, we were doing test driven development and we had a model driven architecture at a continuous integration loop. In 2001, was when we were doing it, we solved that technically, it was very much under control and we delivered exactly what we said we were going to deliver. The problem is that the business still went to crap. So I had to work out why. So I went and did an MBA to understand that, and I found out fairly early on in that, that it was actually contract management was the problem. So, not technical. But then I found myself learning whatever I wanted to learn, during this MBA. So I came out of that with strategy, entrepreneurship and multiple economics, which fits my megalomania quite well.Peter Laurie: And I then got involved in starting my own business, after the first six months of that. Because there was a particular bit of insight that I got out of the strategy stuff, which we could talk through later if you wanted to, that unlocked my analysis paralysis. Then in 2011 Steve Baxter said to me "I'm starting a co-working space" so I said shut up and take my money. And then I went down there, took the business, because we didn't need 108 square meters as a two person business. So we went down to the coworking space in Brisbane called Inter City Labs. And then I found myself doing a lot of mentoring and coaching. So I'm the mentor in residence down there now and have been for the last nearly seven and a half years, which is a volunteer position. So I've seen probably several hundred businesses come through and spent a decent amount of time with a few hundred of them.Peter Laurie: And then further to that, I've been doing a lot of entrepreneur in residence roles over the last two years. So two at UQ, two at QUT in the Creative Enterprise and one at River City Labs itself. I do a bunch of mentoring, mainly around startups, and they get me in for the technology to start with and they realize that I actually know a fair bit more than just the technology and we end up working more around strategy and, from the outside it looked like strategic HR.Corinne Butler: So let's talk a little bit more about that mentor in residence. What is that?Peter Laurie: So basically I stick my nose into as many people's businesses that I can. That are in this space. Until they unify against me with pitchforks and torches and chase me out of the room. So they are unified when they do that though, which is an important thing to remember. But basically I jump in and I try and help people out to achieve what they're trying to achieve. And I want them to not fall over in the kiddy pool, to actually get out there and start swimming. So I try and get them to understand the context of what they're doing and how they can go about it and the fact that nobody knows what they should be doing and they need to work it out for themselves.Corinne Butler: So that's huge. Helping people work it out for themselves. How do you do that?Peter Laurie: We do it quite well, thank you.Corinne Butler: How can others do that then?Peter Laurie: So I spent a lot of time teaching people that they need to make their own decisions, rightly or wrongly. So the first thing that I talk about is that nobody knows what they should be doing. Anybody who tells you that they know exactly what you should be doing is lying to themselves, or lying to you. Generally, the first one, there's not many straight up sociopaths out there. The real trick, especially for small businesses and startup, isn't working out where you should be. It's about working out how you get from where you are to where you should be. And the thing to remember is that you're the world expert in where you are and where you should be is part of the problem but the path to get from where you are to where you should be is actually where the art is.Peter Laurie: And then on top of that you've got to be able to stay alive while you're doing that. So it's actually a fairly difficult problem. And the only thing that makes that even harder is the fact that where you should be moves as well. So a lot of people are out there looking for the perfect solution and they think that they can do it once and then they're done. But the fact of the matter is that everything moves and the only thing you can rationally invest in is, is working out which way to go. Doing a little bit of it and then looking where you should go now. So it's really a lot of mindset stuff.Corinne Butler: So is there a difference, do you think, between being a mentor in residence and an entrepreneur in residence? And if so, what is it?Peter Laurie: I mean the reason that it is the mentor in residence and not the entrepreneur in residence is because at the time I didn't feel like I was very much an entrepreneur. And that's a lot more to do with how I felt about what I was doing, than the role itself. And I constructed the role as a title because I needed to differentiate myself from the mentors that were in for one day a year, when I was in there basically 90% of the days for a year doing a very different role, so I needed to differentiate it. The actual entrepreneur in residence role is a little bit more structured in that there's a program that you're normally working towards, be it a three month or a six month program. Whereas the mentor is much more, for the work that I do, much more focused around the way the team is going in the longterm as opposed to hitting the shorter term goals.Corinne Butler: So one of your other roles was a mission lead? What's that?Peter Laurie: First up, not religious. It's not a religious thing. There's an organization called Startup Catalyst, which I've been the youth mission lead for the last four times it's been run. I'm not running it this year. This year is supposed to be about me doing some of my stuff rather than continuing to do other people's stuff. So the youth mission takes 20 18-29 year olds across to San Francisco, Silicon Valley, from across Australia, and blows their mind. The intent behind it is to actually get people to understand that even though the people in San Francisco are held up as something special, that the sky is blue over there, people are the same, and computers and laptops and technology works exactly the same. So the only real difference over there is the perspective that people have and the momentum that they've got.Peter Laurie: We do two main things when we take them over. Well it doesn't really matter. what else we do, we go and do a bit of startups tours. And so we see Google, Twitter, all those sorts of places. But the two main things that we do is we see a good friend of ours, Joel Pobar, who's at Facebook, who grew up in Beenleigh, which is just down the road from Brisbane. And he takes us through what it's like to be a senior manager inside Facebook. It's seriously one of the best experiences that I've been through, and I've done it four times.Peter Laurie: And the other thing we do is we drop the 20 people, and we call them the youths, and we drop the 20 youths into a startup weekend, in the middle of San Francisco. And they have a fairly large imposter syndrome when they start that day. And remember that these people are actually the best we can find out of Australia. So they've got PhDs, or just about to finish PhDs. Bit of machine learning or maths or computing or something like that. And also we have designers and all sorts of people, they're the best we can find, from about 250 to 300 applicants last time. And they still have this massive imposter syndrome, so we drop them into this thing and they dominate that 54 hour business competition.Peter Laurie: Even though they frame themselves as tech, they dominate it because they're smart. And a bit of coaching for us, we tell them what the context is, but they dominate it. But of course they dominate it because we cherry pick from across Australia. And it doesn't really matter. On the last couple of trips I've experimented with telling them that this is what's going to happen to them and they still don't believe it. And then afterwards they are totally transformed, their templates [inaudible 00:12:44] and they come back here, to Australia, wherever they're from, their various regions. And then they have the impact on the ecosystem where they're operating, which is exactly what we're trying to do.Corinne Butler: Wow, that sounds absolutely amazing. So imposter syndrome, we hear that quite a lot lately. What is it?Peter Laurie: So the way I describe imposter syndrome is that it's that feeling that you get when you're sitting in a room that you feel like you shouldn't be there. And at any moment someone's going to walk in and tell you, actually Mr. Laurie, we need to take you out, you shouldn't be here. And everybody has it. There's people that I've spoken to that are currently looking after $100 million funds for investment that don't think that they should be doing that. And the next year that they're going to get $400 million to look after. That's international. A lot of people that I speak to here in the ecosystem locally, or even across Australia, actually have a fair bit of imposter syndrome. And the nice thing is that it's a human trait. When you don't have the ability to get yourself to feeling an impostor syndrome, it's actually when you're a bit of a sociopath. So the example I normally use is Trump, right? So Trump never feels imposter syndrome because he doesn't appear to have that self awareness. So confidence just keeps going up. So I see it as a very normal, very human thing and it never goes away. You just learn to deal with it and acknowledge that it's there.Corinne Butler: That's a great definition. So you touched on a day in the life of a Facebook manager. What's that like?Peter Laurie: Well, that's really Joel's story to tell. But I will tell you that the majority of what he's doing is actually people. In the context of technology. And we actually got him out her last year to do a presentation around how he manages the people that he's working with. The last time I spoke to him he had a span of control of about 12, which is ridiculous. They shouldn't be letting him do that. But he was getting it done and he's a very methodical guy. He came back and talked about how he actually gets people and takes them through and teaches them how to lead. Which is excellent. But again, that's really his story to tell. But from a personal point of view, he's no different than anybody that you'd run into in Brisbane. He's got some more experience, he's got some harder problems that he's taken on. But the lovely thing about it is that I run into people who could be as effective and have as big an impact as Joel is having, every day here.Corinne Butler: Wow. That's such an amazing space to be in. So tell me, what else is happening in your industry?Peter Laurie: Well, there's a lot of different things happening in general. Not the amount of investment that's happening in this sort of, I see my industry, it will be the startup or innovation industry or something like that. The first thing I want to do is I want to qualify this with, I'm a little bit inside a bubble, so I'll talk about it in terms of the way that I think about it. I won't try and translate it outside the bubble, because I don't know if I can properly do that. I will do the stuff that I can. So the first up thing is there's a lot more money turning up into the ecosystem at the moment, be it through the super funds look like they're investing locally, or investing through venture capital firms locally instead of overseas, which is a good sign.Peter Laurie: The local angel networks are starting to get better. They're still not great but it's happening. The state government in Queensland is throwing a lot of money, or investing a lot of money, throwing it makes it sound like it's flippant, but it's not. Deliberately investing a lot of money into the region, to everybody's surprise. A lot of that is stuck. So there's been a lot of things that have been very positive, independent of what you read in the papers. A lot of things that are very positive and, not everything's perfect, but as an ecosystem where you used to that, not being perfect. The worst case isn't so much missing out on what's perfect, but what we do not being perfect, is missing out on the opportunity to be perfect, you've got to take your shot. From a technology point of view, the factors of production, so the ability for us to create something is getting easier and easier.Peter Laurie: So it moves from being a technical problem to being more of a creative problem or an artistic problem. So [inaudible 00:17:22] is a good way to speak about it, is that the biggest problem isn't whether we can build stuff now, it's whether we're actually building the right thing. And I spent a lot of time locally talking about ways to actually build the right thing and discover what it is because, like I was saying before, nobody knows what the right thing is. Up here in Brisbane, in Queensland in general, our universities are producing people that are world class. And then there's no denying that. And that seems to be an infinite resource of people coming out of there. The sad thing about it is that not a lot of people end up in this space where it's fully utilizing the skills that they have when they come out. But that's exactly what Startup Catalyst and the startup ecosystem is trying to open up.Peter Laurie: What else is going on? We're in a bit of a transition now. The startup ecosystem has been going long enough that the people that are purely driven by asset are starting to say that they've had enough and we're looking for the next generation of people to start to come through and make sure it's sustainable. And that's drawing a lot of my attention at the moment. That's what's top of my [inaudible 00:18:39]. Is that what you're after?Corinne Butler: That's great, thank you. So the podcast is called Advisor Adventures. And you've just mentioned that this year is really about you doing your stuff. So what adventures are you up to?Peter Laurie: The way that I operate is interesting. And, as someone who does a lot of thinking about it, I can categorize it quite well. I mean, it presents as something that's lacking a lot of focus. So I'm doing lots and lots of different things. I've had HR people talk to me about it being a portfolio career. So I'm doing lots of different things. And the biggest fear for me isn't so much doing the work, it's only doing that work. So for example, whenever I do dip my toe back into corporate work, I go for five weeks and then all of a sudden it's 18 months. So that's the sort of work that I end up doing. To me at the moment there's some interesting stuff around very early stage investment that I'm starting to think about and may well be able to open up through the crowdsource funding. So filling a gap sort of before Angels, or helping that sort of a phase go quickly, which is really more formalizing some of the investment that I'm doing at the very early stage now.Peter Laurie: Also, as a software developer, I can sit down and have a good idea and build something out, which I find entertaining and fun. I think a lot of other people would consider it work. So I'd probably say I've got about 10 or 15 balls in the air at the moment, which sounds crazy, except to run with the analogy that what I'm focusing on is the ability to juggle. So the balls aren't the things that I'm focusing on. They're opportunities, they're important, I'll push each of them as hard as I can. But the longterm capability that I'm building, the long term skills that I'm building, what I'm constantly trading on, which I'm laser focused on is the ability to juggle. Which has its own set of issues. So at the moment I'm learning to, not so much deal with the fear of missing out or FOMO, it's to embrace what a friend of mine calls the JOMO, which is the joy of missing out, which is a hard transition.Corinne Butler: I think you've got a very valid point there because we do focus a lot on FOMO and I think JOMO is potentially something to even research.Peter Laurie: Yeah, well it's not their term and it's not my term. It's definitely a term that's out there. So by all means have a look.Corinne Butler: So your own personal BHAG so big hairy audacious goal. What's the five-year dream, or 10 year dream?Peter Laurie: I'm a little bit different to a lot of people in that I don't really have a tight five-year or 10 year dream that I'm converging on. Which is described before as the juggling. So my goal isn't to reduce the juggling set down to one ball, it's actually to put more balls in the air. So for me, the goal that loosely describes what I'm doing is to try and get our ecosystem to work properly. One of the attributes when I first started in it, probably closer to 10 years ago, but it's hard. But formally, when the River City Labs opened up, in 2012, is that the ecosystem wasn't flowing. It was just sort of stuttering along. And made a conscious decision to work on that and in that, to make that work. So my five year goal is to have a vibrant, well executing, innovation ecosystem here in Southeast Queensland.Peter Laurie: One of the attributes, because I've got the skills that I have I can go and work wherever I want, and I'd much prefer it to be here than elsewhere. Mainly because I'm here. I don't see a lot of value in heading off elsewhere because it's better there. I mean that's how we never get it here. So I'm trying to get up work here. So I suppose, long story short, five year, 10 year goal is to have a vibrant and virtuous innovation ecosystem here in Brisbane. And as a result of that, across the rest of the state, and then hopefully across the rest of the country as well.Corinne Butler: Sounds great. Now you work with a lot of different businesses and business owners. What would be your top three tips for them?Peter Laurie: Okay, so the first one, like I said before, is that nobody knows what you should be doing. I open with that every time now. Because some people kind of give you a puzzled look and then eventually it turns into this empowering situation. And one of the ways I talked about before is that a lot of people will tell you where you should be, but not a lot of people understand where you're at. And the art's in getting from where you are to where you should be. And then off the back of that, sort of in the same sort of vein, is that to be able to interact with people around that, you need to learn to critically analyze what you're hearing. When you're new to something, you don't have the capability to measure how good someone is, but you can measure how confident they are.Peter Laurie: So you have to learn to listen to everybody and then critically analyze what they're saying to you and then make a decision yourself about what you should be doing, as opposed to blindly following someone. And the main reason behind that is that if you make a decision and it goes wrong, then you learn that you need to make better decisions. If you blindly follow someone and it turns out that they're wrong, your analysis is I need to start and find another person who might know what's going on. So it's really about opening that learning loop, about getting through and doing that.Peter Laurie: So the next one is, I see this one a lot, is that when you're building a business, you're not building products and services. You're building a business that builds products and services. And it's very important to separate yourself out from that. I mean, the goal as a business owner is to become redundant as soon as you can. However people still seem to bring this sort of empire building focus there. You're trying to build something that's sustainable that doesn't require you to be there. You're not trying to construct yourself a job, you're trying to construct yourself a business.Peter Laurie: And even a lot of people that are feeling that through sort of sit back and think about that when I throw that at them. That's a surprising one. I'm just looking down at my notes to see if there was another one that I had. That's probably enough. Actually, the third one is that given that nobody knows what you should be doing, you should be building a business that builds products and services. You're on a constant learning thing. So you need to learn how you learn new things and you need to consciously make that competency stronger. Because that's the only thing that you can rationally invest in given how everything changes so quickly.Corinne Butler: And it's interesting you say that and what you've mentioned there because I agree with you. I see a lot of the time is people don't do themselves out of jobs and they don't invest in themselves. So I think that's great advice. So Peter, what else would you like our audience to know? Any other adventures that you'd like to share?Peter Laurie: Well look, probably the first thing I'd do is, one of my problems that I've got with the innovation ecosystem is that everybody thinks that it's executed by people who are 19 years old and skate to work. When that's not the situation at all. I mean it is who I spend a lot of time working with because that's the only people that turn up. In fact, there's a lot of data suggesting that the most successful entrepreneurs are 45 plus. And the ones that are 18 and do this thing are absolute anomalies and highly unlikely to be successful. And I find a lot of people ruling out this is an option because they think they're not the right person to do it. So I treat this as an invitation to go down and get involved with your innovation ecosystem.Peter Laurie: So there'll be called startup spaces or coworking spaces. There'll be things like startup weekends and events and meet up groups. And get down there with your eyes open and critically analyzing everything, but get involved. You'll find that you are actually sitting on a whole bunch more skills than you think. And if I could make you do one thing, it'd be try and go out and do a startup weekend. It's by no means a comfortable experience, but it's an incredibly solid way to learn what you need to know to be able to execute in this newer, faster moving environment.Corinne Butler: I think that's great advice. I think we should all go and do a startup weekend.Peter Laurie: Yeah.Corinne Butler: So Peter Laurie from Junta. Thank you so much for joining us today on Advisor Adventures.Peter Laurie: You're welcome. Thank you very much for having me.

Are millennials the best generation in the workforce?’Australian entrepreneur and investor Steve Baxter and social demographer Claire Madden will team up with Territory FM host and comedian Mel Little and other Territorians to explore the future world of work. Our experienced panel have broad, first‑hand knowledge in interpreting social trends and the implications of generational change on jobs of the future.Moderated by business author and TEDx presenter Bernadette Schwerdt, this lively debate will get you thinking.Millennials have copped their fair share of criticism over the years, with some using words like entitled, lazy, selfish, smashed avocado devotees to describe them. However, some of today’s most influential people are millennials. Would you describe Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as lazy? Airbnb’s Brian Chesky as entitled? In fact, many young professionals of today are hardworking people who only need the benefit of time and experience.Suitable for all generations, this event will give you a better understanding of multigenerational workforces and the challenges and opportunities across all industries and sectors as part of the fourth industrial revolution; Industry 4.0.Which side will you be on? Weigh in on the conversation #obmdebate #millenials #noovernightsuccess #smashedavo #boundlesspossible

Steve Baxter is an entrepreneur, tech investor and Shark Tank Host on 10. He joins the OBM Great Debate in Alice Springs and Darwin. https://obm.nt.gov.au/ https://www.stevebaxter.com.au/

Shark Tank investor Steve Baxter knows that the key to a good investment is backing people over ideas. After leaving school at 15 years old and spending his early twenties in the military, Steve Baxter has firmly established himself in the business world as a savvy investor.

"Get the skills, get the network, attack a problem someone will pay you to solve" Steve Baxter is one of Australia’s most accomplished investors & entrepreneurs. Currently the founder/CEO of Transition Level Investments, Steve successfully exited his second business – PIPE Networks – for $373m in 2010. On the media front, Steve was casted as a ‘shark’ as part of Channel 10’s acclaimed ‘Shark Tank Australia’. For this episode, we sit down with Steve to discuss the current state of entrepreneurship, why customers are the best source of capital & his best advice for those looking to start a business. To learn more about Steve, you can follow him @transitionlvl & @stevebaxter. If you’d prefer to watch instead of listen, head over to my YouTube channel @carterlagana. Timecodes: 5:45 | Wealth creation & tall poppy syndrome 11:40 | Competition spurs innovation 14:20 | Uber: $25k to $124m 20:12 | Skills, network, find a problem 25:10 | Best capital comes from customers 30:00 | Work-life balance 34:55 | An interesting hypothetical 40:50 | Interested in tech but can’t code 42:12 | How Steve ended up on Shark Tank 47:06 | Not all deals go ahead 51:56 | Didn’t think I’d hear this 53:06 | The legacy Steve wants to leave Credits: Filmed & edited | @joelweaverfilms Crew support | @menaalexander Crew support | @nathantartaglia If you’d like to keep tabs on what I’m up to, you can find me @carterlagana on all social media platforms.

The country is finally talking about press freedom and James and Pete couldn't be happier. Over a million people protest in Hong Kong, a new report shows that the world isn't running out of resources and things are getting cheaper, the guy who attacked volunteers in Warringah is discovered and green activism is killing the Great Barrier Reef. James speaks to YouTube and Sky News After Dark star Daisy Cousens about the vast right wing conspiracy, her career and dealing with online trolls (18:12-36:51). He also talks to Steve Baxter from Shark Tank about the election, what it means for business and Adani (36:52-52:13). At the end of the show we talk Joe Biden's friendship bracelet, another spectator kicked out of an AFL game, choose your champion Naomi Wolf v Paul Dolan, glaciers and why Dodgeball made James the man he is today.

Not one to mince words, Steve Baxter talks through some of the major elements of business and tech today from agriculture, flying cars and NBN to online mattresses - everything is up for grabs. In this episode of Chamber Chats, President of the Caloundra Chamber of Commerce Michael Shadforth speaks with one of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs, a mentor to startups, QLD’s previous chief entrepreneur, an active investor and Australia’s favourite panellist on the hit show the Shark Tank – Steve Baxter. In this episode, we will look into the top challenges and opportunities to running a business and everything in between.

Recognised as somewhat of a startup celebrity, Steve Baxter is an entrepreneur, investor, and best known as one of the (more sharkier) sharks on Australia’s Shark Tank. We were excited to have Steve this week on #OTPBD to look back on his early telco & internet startup successes, deep dive into his considerable career, and listen to his strong opinions on government & politics, climate change and more.*A short spoiler about this Ep.* As you may know, Steve is very direct and can be sometimes outspoken on topics, which was no special case for this episode. As a climate change skeptic, Steve definitely put up a thought-provoking debate with Ian on the topic of clean energy - definitely worth the listen! Steve’s career started at the young age of when he joined the army and was recruited as a solider with contract for 9 years. At 23, he and his partner took out a home loan for $11,000, which became used to launch his first startup, an internet service provider, SE Net from one of the spare rooms from his rented Adelaide home. The business became subsequently acquired by Ozemail under the stewardship of its founding Director and previous Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.Steve co-founded his next startup in 2001, PIPE networks, an ASX-listed provider of wholesale telecoms infrastructure, which exited to TPG Group for $373M. Later on in 2012, having co-founded River City Labs and advocating on behalf of entrepreneurs, a few meetings opened him up to the opportunity to be on Shark Tank which he took for more publicity, and shared with us his interesting experiences on show. As Queensland’s second ever Chief Entrepreneur between Oct 2017-2018, Steve focused on broadening the startup ecosystem outside of Brisbane to more rural/regional areas but flying angels and investors to meet founders at events outside of the city. Currently, Steve’s also an investor at VC, Transition Level Investments, which has had 29 direct investments with 22 in the fund over 6 years. Steve is definitely a smart, opinionated, and valuable member of the startup ecosystem. We hope you enjoy this ep!

In this episode you'll hear from Jennifer Holland, Founder and CEO of Throat Scope.   Jennifer's passion lies in inventing, designing and developing medical products that will revolutionise the healthcare industry. Her first invention was Throat Scope, which has had outstanding success across the globe and began as the foundation of Holland Healthcare. Throat Scope was the recipient of ‘What's Your Big Idea Queensland?' in 2011, which included a $50,000 prize money from the Queensland government. This allowed Jennifer to develop and patent Throat Scope and have several working prototypes made. In 2015, Jennifer and Throat Scope were featured on Shark Tank Australia. Jennifer secured investment from Steve Baxter and this exposure propelled the business. In October 2015, Throat Scope was launched into the Australian retail and healthcare markets. Throat Scope broke a retail record with a company, which saw the product signed in seven days. Jennifer has since negotiated several lucrative distribution deals with both domestic and international companies. Jennifer has been awarded several awards for her hard work and determination which include, gold product innovation winner at the Ausmumprenuer Awards 2017, Best Presenter Award at the New York Venture Summit 2017, Edison Award Winner 2017, Lake Macquarie Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016, Sydney Design Award Winner 2015 and QLD ‘What's the big idea' Winner of $50,000. Jennifer also actively participates in speaking and networking events internationally. Key Points: Jennifer outlines her incredible story of the invention of Throat Scope and the struggle to get it funded and into the market. Her mantra – Believe, Act, Persist has been at the core of her undying enthusiasm to make a difference. And her advice for the next generation of leaders is Don't Settle, get out there with enthusiasm and persistence and try a different way if the first way doesn't work. Jennifer's top messages include: Prepare meticulously for big opportunities - I watched 108 episodes of Shark Tank US to prepare for it. When going for a big role you have to show your passion, purpose, excitement for wanting to be apart of their business Enthusiasm is everything When hiring someone for my team experience isn't all that necessary. It's the passion and seeing someone who is persistent. And that wins every time over education and experience in an industry It took a long time to find the right mentors and advisors My business mantra is believe, act, persist Whatever I do I know there is another way to do it. So if one doesn't work I'll walk through another door. Free yourself of the worries that aren't real - In life you always regret the things you don't do If you're open to finding opportunities they will come Opportunities are everywhere its just a matter of whether you're open to finding them Having mentors or advisors that give you confidence will give you more passion, excitement When people say to me, “no, you can't do that”, for me that is the biggest driver. I love the saying ‘Today's no is tomorrow's yes….You tell me no, and I'll turn it into a yes Don't settle Web: www.throatscope.com

You won’t succeed until it becomes a way of life. From Australia’s own version of Shark Tank, this week we have Steve Baxter on Unstoppable. At 23, he invested $11,000 into his first startup SE Net, from the spare room of his Adelaide home. Only 8 years later he sold it to TPG Group for $373 million. A vocal and accomplished member of Australia’s tech sector, Baxter has an impressive track record when it comes to building and growing businesses on a massive scale. This week, we talk about what it takes to have entrepreneurial grit, and his secrets to success.

Jade Castle is the founder and director of Kaftanned. An after-tanning apparel line that Ive personally been stocking in my beauty business since they launched back in 2013. Frustrated at the limited types of clothing that she could wear after spray tanning, Jade felt that by designing something herself, would possibly solve a problem that clients are always having, and tanning technicians could finally offer a solution for them. This led Jade to going into business with her mum and sister, Kaftanned hit this niche market and now is offered globally and they have over 300 stockists in Australia, New Zealand, U.S and U.K.   These designs are fun gorgeous prints that are affordable to have your clients coming back for every colour and style when they launch.   Jade was recently featured on Australia’s hit TV show Shark Tank, which Steve Baxter decided to jump at the chance of the Kaftanned Brand.   Jade has so much more to offer and I know there is a bit in the works at the moment, and I am so grateful Ive had this opportunity to share this interview with you. If you have ever thought of an idea for a beauty business, if you want to develop your own product line, Jade is proof that it is possible.   We’ve got 2 prizes of 2 kaftans each to giveaway for the show. To win I need you to simply go and follow kaftanned on Instagram, and screen shot you listening to the podcast and upload it as an Instagram story. Make sure you tag @kaftanned and @beautybusiness_co  to enter correctly.     Links: www.kaftanned.com.au Facebook: www.facebook.com/kaftanned instagram : www.instagram.com/kaftanned Favourite Book: Janine Allis Secret to Success http://www.janineallis.com.au/get-janines-book Would love to meet Ellen, Oprah and Margot Robbie

For those of you who have listened to episode 1 with Ryan Tuckwood, you may remember he also has a business partner in Jack Corbett, who is the other side of both ISR Traning and Corbwood & Associates, based on the Gold Coast. This down to earth pair were actually on Shark Tank recently and managed to secure investment from Andrew Banks, Steve Baxter and Glen Richards which has enabled them to grow quite exponentially in a short time from the foundations Jack, Ryan and their team have been building for about 3 years now.I caught up with Jack, again at ISR HQ in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast and got to pick his brains on all things business, sales and mindset. Jack came from humble beginnings and was able to achieve what most people would identify as success, which was getting himself into a position where he didn’t have to go to work anymore. What was intriguing is that what proceeded was one of the more depressing and perhaps slightly destructive periods of his life, something he will put into context far more eloquently than I can.If you want to know what it’s like to start, scale and sell a business, secure investment from some of the most savvy people in the game and where your head needs to be, then I think you’ll get a lot out of this one!And if you do get something out of this, please free to give us a rating or a review and I’ll feature a shout out to you on the next episode!LinkedIN: Jack Corbett (The best way to connect with Jack)Matt:@matt__fay@narrativehub

We all know Dr Glen Richards as the founder of Greencross Vets, not to mention he is also one of the Sharks on the TV show “Shark Tank”. Glen’s entrepreneurial journey is inspiring and impressive and probably why we all know him so well. My conversation with Glen delves slightly from his conventional story. We start our chat taste testing a Monday Food Company pumpkin loaf, one of Glen’s portfolio companies, I had cooked the day before. This launches us into a conversation on where food is going, why we should be interested in our health and the price you pay for quality. Glen also delves into: what other investments he has that solve a problem surrounding food or nutrition; why he decided to join Shark Tank  - and Steve Baxter’s role in his decision; how he now uses his experience - successes and hard learnings – to benefit the next waive of CEOs and founders what life is like post Greencross. Thanks to Glen for giving up his time to come on the show and to Vmation for their fantastic filming as always.

This weeks Awesome Human is no other than Steve Baxter - Startup Guru, Entrepreneur, Investor, Shark (from Shark Tank Australia), Pilot, Public Servant, Doting father and a good bloke to have a beer with. Steve tells us about how he grew up, served in the armed forces for this great country, sold a few businesses and how he thinks flying cars are the next big thing. It was an honor and pleasure to speak with Steve and I really hope you enjoy this Awesome Human.

Steve Baxter is Queensland’s Chief Entrepreneur for the next 12 months. He’s certainly at the top of his game, having built and sold many six figure businesses (read more here) and mentored many others.He’s been involved in Channel 10’s Shark Tank Australia for the last three seasons.After a bruising exchange with a politician who challenged him on exactly how much he knew about business (a lot actually- he’s quite good at it), he engaged a PR firm to raise his profile and try and help hone his public speaking skills.And in the next 12 months, he wants to shine a spotlight on the strength of rural and regional Queensland.

In this episode you'll hear from Jennifer Holland, Founder and CEO of Throat Scope.   Jennifer's passion lies in inventing, designing and developing medical products that will revolutionise the healthcare industry. Her first invention was Throat Scope, which has had outstanding success across the globe and began as the foundation of Holland Healthcare. Throat Scope was the recipient of ‘What's Your Big Idea Queensland?' in 2011, which included a $50,000 prize money from the Queensland government. This allowed Jennifer to develop and patent Throat Scope and have several working prototypes made. In 2015, Jennifer and Throat Scope were featured on Shark Tank Australia. Jennifer secured investment from Steve Baxter and this exposure propelled the business. In October 2015, Throat Scope was launched into the Australian retail and healthcare markets. Throat Scope broke a retail record with a company, which saw the product signed in seven days. Jennifer has since negotiated several lucrative distribution deals with both domestic and international companies. Jennifer has been awarded several awards for her hard work and determination which include, gold product innovation winner at the Ausmumprenuer Awards 2017, Best Presenter Award at the New York Venture Summit 2017, Edison Award Winner 2017, Lake Macquarie Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2016, Sydney Design Award Winner 2015 and QLD ‘What's the big idea' Winner of $50,000. Jennifer also actively participates in speaking and networking events internationally. Key Points: Jennifer outlines her incredible story of the invention of Throat Scope and the struggle to get it funded and into the market. Her mantra – Believe, Act, Persist has been at the core of her undying enthusiasm to make a difference. And her advice for the next generation of leaders is Don't Settle, get out there with enthusiasm and persistence and try a different way if the first way doesn't work. Jennifer's top messages include: Prepare meticulously for big opportunities - I watched 108 episodes of Shark Tank US to prepare for it. When going for a big role you have to show your passion, purpose, excitement for wanting to be apart of their business Enthusiasm is everything When hiring someone for my team experience isn't all that necessary. It's the passion and seeing someone who is persistent. And that wins every time over education and experience in an industry It took a long time to find the right mentors and advisors My business mantra is believe, act, persist Whatever I do I know there is another way to do it. So if one doesn't work I'll walk through another door. Free yourself of the worries that aren't real - In life you always regret the things you don't do If you're open to finding opportunities they will come Opportunities are everywhere its just a matter of whether you're open to finding them Having mentors or advisors that give you confidence will give you more passion, excitement When people say to me, “no, you can't do that”, for me that is the biggest driver. I love the saying ‘Today's no is tomorrow's yes….You tell me no, and I'll turn it into a yes Don't settle Web: www.throatscope.com Listen on iTunes here: https://itun.es/au/87Pqkb.c Listen on Android: http://tunein.com/radio/The-Inner-Chief-p1004701/ http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=141429

Failure affects everyone in business, in life, in startups. In this series, we chat with some of Australia's best entrepreneurs to learn what failure means to them. You'll hear from Channel Ten's Shark Tank investors, a founder who was "fabulously" shut down by Vogue and many more! So get a drink, sit back and let's get comfy with the big fat world of failure.

This episode features Steve Baxter. Steve is an investor on Shark Tank Australia, founder of River City Labs and CEO of Transition Level Investments. In this episode we cover Steve's early life, his time in the army, what it is like to exit a company, the NBN, working for Google and of course, Shark Tank Australia. It is always a privilege to talk to someone as knowledgeable as Steve. I hope you enjoy this episode. I had a great time recording it.

Special Edition A special 50th edition – The favourite hypnosis quotes and reasons behind them from James Tripp, Reg Blackwood, Helen Bremner, Steve Baxter, Nick Ebdon, The English Sisters, Lindsay Shepherd, Gary Turner, Paul Ramsay, Craig Galvin, Deborah Sims, Trevor… Read more › The post Episode 50 – Special Edition appeared first on Hypnosis Weekly.

Steve Baxter is a cool guy I met because of podcasting!  We met sometime around 2004 or 2005 at a pool party in Phoenix AZ, because we both listened to the same podcast.  Flash forward to 2014 I finally figured out that Steve was a pretty big deal...He sold companies in Australia for millions of dollars.  He also appeared on Shark Tank Australia. Steve Baxter Vroom Veer Stories If you want to be in business, you need to learn how to SELL! Working with ex special forces troops to create Australia's 1st indoor skydiving business Steve worked at Google for a while, and really enjoyed flying planes after work. The struggle leaving his last business, and the relief after he finally did. Why Steve is happy the taxi cab industry is being disrupted by Uber and Lyft. Don't yield in a roundabout in a war zone with special forces guys (duh). Do I personally like this person? 1st question before investing. Steve Baxter Links River City Labs Shark Tank Austrailia  

“Bridging Worlds” focused on combining current and future business environments, new business models, the Internet of Things, disruptive technologies and unique ideas that are particularly relevant for marketing, media, advertising and customer communication. - DMEXCO 2015 - Digital Marketing Expo & Conference,  This week on Franchise Today co-hosts Stan Friedman and Paul Segreto welcome as their guest, Steve Baxter, Managing Director of eKomi, Inc. North America. Focusing on challenges facing many small businesses today, Steve discusses how social commerce technology is used to enable trust, increase sales, reduce returns & complaints and drive organic traffic. This is the world of reviews and recommendations. From a larger perspective it's also the world of protecting the brand. Franchise Today airs LIVE Wednesdays at 11AM CT / 12PM ET with on-demand access on iTunes.

This week something a little bit different. We had the opportunity to chat with Steve Baxter from Shark Tank about the craft beer industry in Australia so we decided to release it as this week’s episode. Please let us know in the comments what you think. Thanks so far to everyone who has left us a review on iTunes. If ... Read More The post OPERATION BREWERY EP3 – Interview with Steve Baxter from Shark Tank appeared first on Black Hops Brewing.

This week we welcome Steve Baxter Adam interviews Steve baxter- Hypnosis in the news includes some unusual applications of hypnosis and marvellous success stories – The professional discussion explores Steve baxter’s work with musicians who suffer from performance anxiety, and Steve… Read more › The post Episode 15 – Featuring Steve Baxter appeared first on Hypnosis Weekly.

4-Part Marketing Series, Promote Your Brand Continues from the Customer Perspective This week on Franchise Today, Steve Baxter, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Satmetrix joins host, Paul Segreto in the third part of the Marketing Series, promote Your Brand. Together they journey through customer service, customer expectations, and customer experience and show how they're actually all essential, if not key components of today's marketing. About Our Guest For the past six years, Steve has been intimately involved with the Net Promoter Score concept created by Satmetrix. He has over 22 years of experience in the enterprise software industry and is the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Satmetrix. Widely recognized as a visionary, entrepreneur, and expert on customer loyalty, he has designed, built, and delivered customer loyalty, feedback, and retention software to over 70 brands and thousands of franchisees. Before joining Satmetrix, Steve was the Founder and CEO of Systino (later, Listen360) that provided NPS software to the SMB market. Prior to this, Steve was the EMEA Managing Director of CDC Software, a global publicly–traded enterprise software company, the COO of Stonesoft USA, and held a variety of executive sales and marketing positions early in his career. A regularly invited speaker to the franchising industry, Steve has delivered keynote speeches to some of the world's largest brands on the subject of customer loyalty, building brand reputation, and the economics of customer-centricity.

Stephen Baxter is becoming a bit of an icon in my hometown of Brisbane. He's put in his own time and money to foster the start up scene with his River City Labs co-working space. He is helping a select few start ups with advice and seed funding, plus he has the reputation of a tech entrepreneur who has exited from some big deals, the biggest being the $373 million sale of PIPE networks. The post https://yaro.blog/10858/steve-baxter/ (Steve Baxter: From Army Officer, To $373 Million Dollar Exit From Pipe Networks, Aussie Tech Entrepreneur Reveals All) appeared first on https://yaro.blog (Yaro.Blog).

March 17, 2010 - Customer loyalty meets social media -Steve Baxter, founder of Systino and the hot topic during the IFA, on Franchise Interviews. Systino software is the new "customer loyalty meets social media" technology trend that is quickly becoming a way of life for companies with multiple franchises nationally and internationally. Initially developed in 2008 ahead of its time, Systino software was recently the topic of numerous presentations, discussions and general buzz at the 2011 International Franchise Association convention, mostly due to its ability to accurately measure how well a company satisfies its customers, and then utilize the power of social media to do something productive with the feedback. Customer service franchise brands like Jan-Pro, PuroClean, Fetch! Pet Care, PostNet and numerous others have reported that they have retained millions in sales by using the technology. Here are a couple of points on how the technology works and some of the key value adds, including: The ability to identify which of their franchisees are doing a great job with customer service, and which ones may need assistance and training. Because Systino offers incentives to customers who participate, more feedback is attained. These incentives urge people who had a "middle-of-the-road experience" to comment. The software gives franchisors the tools to turn satisfied customers into an actual "digital sales force" to attract new customers

Trombonist Steve Baxter is a multidimensional artist whose skills as a musician, songwriter, and producer have elevated his talent to another level. His current project, “Sugar On The Bone”, features Randy Crawford, Wilton Felder, Everette Harp and Michael Lington.