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Who: Rhonda White from Terry White Chemists When: NEW TIME! 6:00pm for 6:30pm start, Tuesday November 29th 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP: brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook event. Cost: FREE! ***THIS IS OUR LAST EVER EVENT! The Hive will NOT continue in 2012 in the current format. ***  Come and help us celebrate the community we’ve brought together over the last 3 years. The Hive Brisbane meets Rhonda White from Terry White Chemists Rhonda is a co-founder of the Terry White Chemists Group and has been integral to the success of the brand. Her visionary skills in developing the systems and disciplines for the Brand, commitment to the development of Professional Services combined with exceptional business skills have proven a critical ingredient in growing the franchise network to its current position of 168 pharmacies in all states, employing over 4500 staff with a turnover of $1 billion. She currently serves as a board member of TWC Group Investment Limited. A Trustee of the Queensland Performing Arts Trust (QPAT), Rhonda has been a director of a number of government and private companies. Rhonda has received numerous professional accolades including being named Australia’s 2000 Leading Women’s Entrepreneur of the World, Star Group International Award, National Business Bulletin – Business Star of the Year in 2004, Pharmacy Practice Medal of Excellence, University of Sydney 2006, Outstanding Alumni Award for Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology 2007. She graduated as a Pharmacist in 1963 and also holds a Bachelor of Arts and Postgraduate Diploma in Organisational Psychology from the University of Queensland. In September 2011, Rhonda was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame in recognition of exceptional entrepreneurship and innovation in national retailing, and significant contributions to the community. * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.

Who:   Jason Titman from 4SME & The Chalk Hotel When:   6:00pm for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday October 25th 2011 Where:  Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost:   FREE! The Hive Brisbane meets Jason Titman from 4SME & The Chalk Hotel Jason Titman has a proven track record of being a consistent deliverer of results in whatever he takes on.  Jason’s multi-dimensional skill set has seen him working and partnering with some very wealthy entrepreneurial operators, international corporations, progressive SME’s and online ventures. Commentators describe Jason as very focused, with multiple levels of depth.  He has the ability to consistently ‘think outside the square’, while at the same time following through with his ideas in a practical manner to ensure that optimising the bottom line is always his main focus.  ROI is what drives Jason’s business achievements. He has also demonstrated the unusual ability to adapt from being an entrepreneurial and transformational leader for start ups and organisations undergoing major change to being a structured leader for mature businesses needing a strong consistent leader.  Jason has demonstrated his strategic thinking skills and operational capabilities across multiple industries.  Currently his main focus is in the SME market and online businesses and he is most interested in working with businesses that are moving into the online space. Jason is both a direct investor in a number of online ventures and undertakes some specialised consultancies in this space. www.4sme.com.au http://au.linkedin.com/in/jasontitman * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.

Who:   Farhad Meher-Homji from Brightlabs When:   6:00pm for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday October 4th 2011 Where:  Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost:   FREE! The Hive Brisbane meets Farhad Meher-Homji from Brightlabs Farhad is the Co-Founder and currently a Director of Brightlabs, a multi-award winning web development & online solutions provider. Way back in 2002, when Farhad was in his early 20′s, he started the company (then called imagin8) with a 2 person team. From these small beginnings he’s grown the business into a market leader, with offices in Melbourne and Brisbane servicing a number of large clients. Brightlabs has been ranked in the Top 10 International agencies at the Interactive Media Awards held in the US and has also been listed in the SmartCompany Smart 50 and BRW Fast 100. Farhad will share his story of how he’s grown the business and the share some of the ups (and downs) that he’s experienced along the way. But he’s not just another “business guy”, Farhad is passionate about entrepreneurship and is always on the lookout for a great opportunity. He keeps a careful eye on the Silicon Valley scene and loves the creativity that comes when people have a good idea and want to get it out there. * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.

Who:   Gideon Shalwick of  Rapid Video Blogging When:   6:00pm for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday August 30th 2011 Where:  Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost:   FREE! Gideon Shalwick of Rapid Video Blogging In 2006, Gideon Shalwick decided to quit his well paying corporate job, emigrate from  NZ to Australia and to start a new business. What kind of new business? He had an idea.. He would write a book on successful business people and call it “Millionaire Dropout Secrets”! So he wrote the book and after weeks of careful research on marketing he decided on setting up a simple website business to sell it. But it bombed.  Within a couple of weeks of launching, his book got distributed to 77 countries around the world, only to see it all tumbling down and crashing because after an initial burst of hype, there wasn’t enough interest to sustain the business! From that painful experience, he’s spent the last 5 years learning everything about internet marketing from the ground up, all the while specialising in online video marketing.  Gideon has now honed his methods to the point where he’s been able to build a following of over 100,000 people for his business ventures, one of his partner YouTube channels has had over 10,000,000 views (and counting), and he has a personal following of close to 60,000 people on his personal blog at www.GideonShalwick.com where he shares some of his video marketing strategies. All of this, while working from home. His latest book, Rapid Video Blogging, has now been downloaded well over 20,000 times and has become the standard for video blogging as a marketing tool. But don’t think Gideon is just another internet marketer.  It’s his entrepreneur mindset that truly sets him apart from the pack and he is a shining example of someone who has navigated the tricky course from employee to business owner all the while being a husband (and recently a father).   * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.  

Who: Mark Bathie of CVSDude.com When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday July 26th 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Mark Bathie of CVSDude.com Mark is the founder of the successful tech startup, CVSDude.com which commenced in 2002 and was renamed Codesion in 2009. Codesion is a SaaS (Cloud) service and provides hosted enterprise grade source code management and software project management tools to over 3,500 customers and 100,000+ users. Mark grew the company from scratch to a profitable position, employing 16 people in several countries and earning US$1.4M in recurring revenue. In early 2009 the company was moved to Silicon Valley to pursue growth capital and larger opportunities. The company raised a total of US$1.3M in Angel funding before successfully exiting via acquisition to US based CollabNet Inc. in 2010. Along the way Mark was awarded several awards for his success; including the QLD Inaugural Young Export Entrepreneur award in 2007, the winning pitch at the $100,000 University of QLD Business Schools Enterprise competition in 2007 and a high commendation award at the Queensland Pearcey awards in 2008. The company was also listed in Anthill magazine’s top 50 cool companies for 2007. Mark has since left acquirer CollabNet after a 6 month transitional role to take a well earned break and pursue other investment opportunities and startup ideas. * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.  

Who: Matt and Liz Raad Business Brokers and Educators (www.MattAndLizRaad.com) When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday June 28th 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Matt and Liz Raad Business Brokers and Educators Matt and Liz Raad are advisors and experts in buying and selling businesses. They have bought and sold their own businesses in a range of industries, and as business brokers they have worked closely with millionaire business buyers. They know first-hand the keys to creating an irresistible business that is worth top dollar. Through their business broking, they have built a valuable network of wealthy business owners, high level investors, private equity firms, successful business-people and creative business professionals such as accountants, lawyers, financiers and brokers. Matt and Liz also own a range of money-making websites and use a wide assortment of online tools and resources to create passive online income as well as automating their offline business. They started out in a very different field though – before buying their first business they were zoologists working out on a remote field station in western NSW! They did not come from a family of entrepreneurs and had absolutely no business experience when they bought that first business. And this is why they are so driven to help others to avoid the costly mistakes and shortcut the difficulties that most business owners face. They have now condensed their insights and knowledge into a system for creating wealth through buying and selling business both online and offline, and give a unique, “at the coalface” perspective in their mentoring program and workshops. They love helping people realise the value in their business, and achieve their business and lifestyle goals by giving simple, practical yet powerful strategies that set up a business for sale right from day one, and grow it into a highly valuable asset. * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.

Who: Ben Johnston from Josephmark When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday May 31st 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Ben Johnston from Josephmark, WeAreHunted.com, Breeder & Gilimbaa. Ben is best known as co-founder and managing director of Josephmark, a Brisbane-based, brand and digital development agency. Since its establishment in 2004, the business has developed into one of Brisbane’s leading creative agencies. Josephmark’s team are known for their creativity and innovation, pushing boundaries with both client, and in-house projects. Outside of Josephmark, Ben’s entrepreneurial spirit has led him to co-found a number of companies attracting international acclaim. These include indigenous, creative agency Gilimbaa that, in the three years since its launch, has built up a client list including Qantas, NAB, BBC, Federal Government and the United Nations. Ben is also co-founder of Native Digital – a digital innovation agency working with, and alongside some of Australia’s leading companies. In partnership with Wotnews, Native Digital launched online, music chart, We Are Hunted, to world-wide acclaim. This site has attracted millions of users and a slew of accolades, including Next Web Awards for Best New Startup and Best Web Startup, Australian Interactive Media Industry Association Award for Best Entertainment Site, and the People’s Vote for the Best of Innovation Island Award at Tech23. In 2010, Ben co-founded motion design studio, Breeder, who, since launch, have been realising their vision to create unique work, for both local and international brands. Key to all these endeavors has been Ben’s ability to create brands that people want to be part of, and genuinely care about, whether they’re a client, employee, friend or partner. www.josephmark.com.au www.studiobreeder.com www.gilimbaa.com www.wearehunted.com * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au/ & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.

Who: Wayne Gerard When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday May 10th 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Wayne Gerard is the Managing Director of Sales Development Group. Over the last ten years, Wayne has developed and delivered a range of sales and management related training and consulting services for  many  of the largest organisation’s within Australia. Widely regarded as the leading sales trainer and business growth consultant servicing the mining, utilities, oil & gas, manufacturing, construction and engineering sectors, Wayne’s business offers a range of consulting, training, marketing and recruiting solutions. His ability to sustainably improve business performance is both refreshing and unique. Wayne is a passionate and thought provoking professional speaker, regular presenter of sales training workshops, conferences, seminars and executive management strategic workshops. Over the last 5 years, Wayne has presented and trained thousands of business people.

*Last Minute Speaker Change Due to Ill Health* Who: Ben Johnston from Josephmark Michael Kasprowicz When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday March 29th 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 7/166 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! *Last Minute Speaker Change Due to Ill Health* Ben sends his apologies as he’s in bed battling with a head cold. We hope to reschedule him to speak again at The Hive in late May. Sorry for any inconvenience. A huge thanks has to go to Michael Kasprowicz for stepping up at late notice to speak at The Hive tonight. He has some great stories to share that stretch well beyond the realms of Test Cricket. ———– Michael Kasprowicz is one of Australia’s most enduring and popular professional sportsmen. He established a high profile, extensive and meaningful network of relationships through his 19 year First-Class cricket career. During arguably the strongest period of cricket in Australia’s history, Michael represented his country for 10 years predominantly in India and the sub-continent. Regarded in Australia as the ‘sub-continent specialist’, Michael is now becoming a specialist in the facilitation of valuable relationships between Indian and Australian business organisations. Living in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Michael’s relationships form an evolved network spanning the industries of finance, higher education, government, mining and resources. Since 2007, Michael has been the ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ for the University of Queensland assisting the university successfully to increase the profile and create strategic relationships with Indian Higher education institutions. He is currently working with several major organizations in achieving effective and valuable Indian-Australian business relationships. Michael has formed many of these relationships as an active member of the Australian Indian Business Council (AIBC). He also maintains productive media relationships in India with commentary roles for exclusive cricket broadcasters Nimbus and IMG during last season’s highly visibly Indian Premier League. He is again returning for to India in 2011 for IPL4 further enhancing his high profile in India and providing the opportunity to strengthen worthy business ties in the country. Michael is currently studying an MBA (Master of Business Administration) at the University of Queensland applying himself to the latest relevant theory and business models for a rapidly changing, global economy. Michael is also the current President of the Australian Cricketers Association and maintains strong relationship with Cricket Australia in the governance of the game of cricket.

Who: Naomi Simson of Red Balloon When: 6pm, Tuesday 22 March Where: The Order of Melbourne, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne RSVP: melbourne@thehive.com.au or on the Facebook event. Cost: FREE! *PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START TIMES THIS YEAR – 6pm* Naomi Simson has a long career as a corporate marketer with companies such as IBM, KPMG, Ansett and Apple, before she tossed it all in to start her own show. Her first business Bright Marketing was a freelance marketing group, however the internet seemed to offer a way to create a truly scalable business. Naomi wondered if she could build a brand online based on listening to customers and responding. With just an idea and persistence Naomi launched RedBalloon in 2001 in the early days of the internet redballoon.com.au has now been listed in the BRW fast lists for the past 6 years and also named as the #1 website by Hitwise for six years running. Naomi has recently received accolades such as winning the 2008 national Telstra Business Womens Awards – Innovation, and being one of four finalists the 2009 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Awards. Naomi is particularly proud of RedBalloon being voted as one of the top ten Great Places to Work in Australia two years in a row and Hewitt ranking RedBalloon with an employee engagement score of over 90% two years in a row – the average in Australian businesses is 54%. RedBalloon delivered 225,000 experience gifts in 2009…and is well on its way to changing gifting in Australia forever. As a CEO, mother, author, blogger (naomisimson.com) and a truly passionate individual Naomi continues to innovate and create new ways to do business. Come along to hear how Naomi deal went from coporate marketer to award winning entrepreneur. Sponsors www.smsglobal.com.au

Who: Chris Kettle from My247 When: NEW TIME! 6:00 for 6.30pm Start, Tuesday February 22nd 2011 Where: Greystone Bar, 6 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Chris Kettle from My247.com.au Chris is the CEO and co-founder of My247.com.au Chris has been recognised by SmartCompany as one of Australia’s Top 30 Entrepreneurs under 30 for two years running. Chris co-founded my247.com.au (formerly Brisbane247.com) back in the original dot-com boom in 1999 with $1500 and a credit-card. Today the Fortitude Valley entertainment publisher boasts an Audience of over 600,000 people a month, continues to be profitable and has started to makes waves Internationally. My247 also produces Australia’s #1 selling Movie iPhone App – MyMovies Sounds like it was handed on a silver-plate doesn’t it? It wasn’t. Chris will share what happened behind-the-scenes from how he got started to the business roller-coaster he rides today. From almost going broke, to how to raise angel money, building the business nationally, being roasted by VCs in Palo Alto, getting the business ready to sell, how to recover from having a multi-million dollar offer pulled from under your feet, to the new profit making challenges in the new free social web. Chris will share his learnings and what you can do to take short-cuts and avoid costly mistakes in your venture.

Who: Tom Griffith and Emma Welsh of Emma & Tom’s When: 6pm, Tuesday 8 February Where: The Order of Melbourne, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne RSVP: melbourne@thehive.com.au or on the Facebook event. Cost: FREE! *PLEASE NOTE THE NEW START TIMES THIS YEAR – 6pm* After taste, distribution has proved the key ingredient for Emma & Tom’s, which sells cold-filled, whole-fruit juice smoot hies and vitamin-enhanced waters. The seven year old business wanted to differentiate itself in the intensely competitive and crowded juice market. After lengthy stints overseas in the corporate sector, Tom Griffith and Emma Welsh had decided that it was time to establish their own business. Griffith came up with the concept after a ski holiday in North America on his return from London where he saw fridges full of natural whole-fruit smoothies. Unlike fruit juice made from concentrates, smoothies are the whole fruit crushed up. Griffith knew that there was nothing like that in Australia so he phoned childhood friend Emma Welsh (who was heading up the marketing division at National Australia Bank at the time) to ask if she wanted to start making fruit juice with him. While they established the business in 2003, Welsh says that it took a year rather than three months to get the product to market. Their initial market research consisted of checking out cafes and delicatessens to see what juices they carried. The number of retail outlets is close to 3000 nationally. About two years ago, the number was about 1500 and turnover was $3.5 million. This financial year, Griffith is forecasting revenue of about $5 million, more than 95 per cent from chilled super premium fruit. And the business which has self-funded its growth is now profitable. Although it is headquartered in Victoria and has no manufacturing assets, the business employs about 20 sales staff compared with five last year. For both Griffith, who started his career as a chartered accountant, and Welsh, an agricultural scientist by training, establishing a juice mar-keting business might appear to be a radical departure from their chosen path. Griffith’s previous career has in-cluded roles as an investment banker, a manager in the corporate advisory division of a Big Four accounting firm, a consultant to the UN Security Council on Iraq’s reparations from the first Gulf War, and chief financial officer for a London-based online media start-up that folded when the dotcom boom burst. Welsh’s career includes time as a commodity trader, a commercial manager with Uncle Ben’s (Mars Corp) and a consultant with LEK. Like Griffith, she was involved with an online venture in London before returning to Australia as the head of consumer marketing at NAB between 2001 and 2003. After working for other people, Griffith decided the time had come for him to consider establishing his own business, a goal he had often discussed with Welsh. “Emma and I always discussed this,” he says. “We wanted a challenge and the autonomy of doing our own thing.” Come along to hear how Tom and Emma deal with planning and running a business whilst dealing with unforeseen obstacles which have been thrown their way. Sponsors www.smsglobal.com.au

Who: Richard Slatter from We Are Hunted When: 7 for 7.30pm Start, Tuesday November 30th 2010 Where: Greystone Bar, 6 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Richard Slatter from We Are Hunted Richard Slatter is Co-Founder and GM of We Are Hunted – the online music chart for the Digital Generation. Launched in April 09 the site tracks the 99 most popular songs online each day across blogs, social networks, forums and download networks – accessing musical trends that traditional charts cannot. The We Are Hunted tech also powers news search engine and aggregator Wotnews and is licensed to Macquarie Edge, US publisher Condé Nast, MySpace, Vodafone Hutchison Australia and The Australian. Richard has 15 years experience working across web, IT and advertising starting out in 1995 as a designer for a game developer in Vancouver backed by Electronic Arts and working through the dotCom years as GM of Brisbane-based web agency, f5. Prior to his current role, he was a senior manager at Deloitte’s Online Practice.

Who: Nathan Sampimon of Inspire9 When: 7pm, Tuesday 16 November Where: The Order of Melbourne, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne RSVP: melbourne@thehive.com.au or on the Facebook event. Cost: FREE! Nathan Sampimon is the founder of the Inspire9 ecosystem that has been evolving through the past year years in Richmond,Melbourne. What started as Nathan running solo as a web freelancer soon grew into a busy design and development shop, and that is when the co-working fun began. The Drop-in Desks concept was initially a way to make use of a few spare desks and give other freelancers a place to plug in and call an office for a day – but that quickly exploded and the Inspire9 office is now one of Melbourne’s top co-working spaces. Come along to hear where one freelancer ended up, what is possible when you open up your office to everyone, and what’s next for Inspire9 in 2011. Sponsors www.smsglobal.com.au

Who: Simon Kalinowski from Mandalay Technologies When: 7 for 7.30pm Start, Tuesday October 26th 2010 Where: Greystone Bar, 6 Grey Street South Bank, BRISBANE (Google Maps link) RSVP:  brisbane@thehive.org.au or on the Facebook Event. Cost: FREE! Simon Kalinowski from Mandalay Technologies In 2003, at age 24-years, serial entrepreneur Simon Kalinowski saw an opportunity buying Mandalay Technologies, an ailing company with cumulative losses of about $4 million dollars since inception. Simon began to turn the company around, concentrating on the culture, the people and the business model of the company, however success wasn’t immediate, with a failed product development nearly bringing down the company.  Learning from those failures, Simon proceeded to invest heavily in building the right team and creating an even stronger organisational culture. Through Simon’s leadership, Mandalay has grown from strength to strength and is now Australia’s leading provider of weighbridge and data capture software servicing over 350 clients across Australia, NZ and South Africa. He also has an interest in three other companies across Finance, Media and Entertainment. He is also actively involved in two different social ventures – so he has a wide and deep understanding of business, what it takes to succeed and the personal journey you take on that pathway. * Register Free at http://www.thehive.org.au & Become a Fan of The Hive Brisbane on Facebook * See you there! Mike Boyd, Nick McIntosh & Walter Haas The Hive Brisbane Team If you’re on Twitter make sure you follow @TheHive & tweet using the #HiveBris hashtag.