Steve Baxter On Startups & Shark Tank AUS


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Sep 22 2024 64 mins  

Steve Baxter is one of Australia's top tech entrepreneurs, a startup investor, and a former Shark on Shark Tank Australia. In 1994, he invested his life savings of $11,000 to launch SE Net, which was later acquired by Ozemail/UUNet. In 2001, he co-founded PIPE Networks, sold to TPG Group for $373 million in 2008. Steve also worked with Google on a high-speed telecom project in North America. He founded River City Labs, a tech hub in Brisbane, and is now Co-founder and Executive Chairman of TEN13 and Founder of Beaten Zone Venture Partners.

In this episode you'll learn about:

  • His time as a Shark on Shark Tank Australia
  • His early life and leaving school at 15 to join the Army
  • Starting his first business at 23 with $11k in savings
  • Challenges in his first business SE Net and second business PIPE Networks
  • Selling PIPE Networks for $373 million to TPG
  • Overcoming the GFC and tough times at Google
  • Investing in startups and his love for software businesses
  • Best businesses to pitch on Shark Tank
  • Who TEN13 is for
  • The ASE Group and investing in Taj Pabari
  • Keys to business success and his failures
  • Balancing life as a father and husband

Checkout Steve Baxter at -
Facebook: / sharkbaxter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevebaxter...
LinkedIn: / steve-baxter-021448
TEN13: https://www.ten13.vc

His Website: https://www.stevebaxter.com.au/

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