What's On Tablelands May 2018 | Page 6

GIG guide ATHERTON Live Music at the ORB - 2 Main St 6-10pm Thursdays - Stage Craft for Music - beginners and advanced 7-10pm Thursdays - Live Jazz with Fusion 7.30-11.30 Fridays - Live music 3-10pm Sundays - Jam Session 4 May - 7.30pm Riding & Moore @ Atherton International Club 11 May - 7.30pm KickStart @ Atherton International Club 12 May - 8pm Bad Boys & Girls of Uke @ Barron Valley Hotel 25 May - 7.30pm Carrizma @ Atherton International Club MALANDA 17 May - 7pm - Amber Lawrence and Travis Collins @ Malanda RSL MILLAA MILLAA Every 2nd Friday - Live music @ Millaa Millaa Hotel RAVENSHOE 7pm - Misty Mountain Music every 2nd Saturday of month @ Ravenshoe Mountain Institute There's a Shark in town! by Rebecca Wallis Known for his tough, no-nonsense approach to business, Channel Ten 'Shark' Steve Baxter will be parting with some words of wisdom at a special Small Business Week lunch in Malanda at the end of this month. One of Australia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs, and an active investor and mentor to startups, Steve is also a proud Queenslander - born in Cloncurry and raised in Emerald. His experience in business is extensive and began rather unconventionally. Leaving school at 15, Steve 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, the pioneering internet service provider SE Net, from the spare room of his Adelaide home. Servicing more than 35,000 customers, SE Net was eventually acquired by Ozemail/UUNet under the stewardship of its founding Director and now Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull. In 2001, Steve teamed 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. 6 What’s On & Where To Go May 2018 TINAROO 13 May - Mother's Day Concert with Petah Chapman @ Tinaroo Lake Resort TOLGA 25 May - Shandell Hilditch @ Tolga Hotel YUNGABURRA Every 2nd Saturday - Django in