It’s been a big 24 hours for Cyan Ta’eed. Last night she was named the winner of the business enterprise category in the AFR and Westpac’s 100 Women of Influence Awards. Today, she&#…
Entrepreneurs
No such thing as good timing: Kate Morris on business growth with a new baby at home
Kate Morris has had a huge year. Her online marketplace for beauty products Adore Beauty has grown about 60%, she’s added more than 2000 products, and just launched in China. At 5am on the day the bus…
Want to be a tech entrepreneur? Five female founders on what they’ve learnt
Life as an entrepreneur can be as creative as it can be fun and flexible – but it’s also seriously hard work, with challenges you can only fully appreciate when you encounter them head on. Recently, f…
Nasty Gal’s Sophia Amoruso: Be a Girlboss and take charge of your own life
Sophia Amoruso proudly owns the term Girlboss. So much so that the Nasty Gal founder and one of the world’s richest self-made women wrote a best-selling book about it in 2014 – encouraging other women…
Ready to see your body mapped in 3D? Meet the woman who’s making it possible, and says it can transform your health
Melody Shiue has designed everything from rapid blood testing kits to wearable ultrasound belts for pregnant woman. But that’s nothing compared to her latest creation: the ‘mPod’, a device with 200,00…
‘It’s my first business and I got really far’: Nasty Gal founder opens up after bankruptcy
It’s been 24 hours since Sophia Amoruso’s Nasty Gal filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, a business Amoruso started building ten years ago, which went on to bec…
Three social media lessons from someone who’s seen inside a US presidential campaign
During digital strategist Rahaf Harfoush’s first trip to Australia, she did some media appearances and discussed her experience as a full-time volunteer for the digital strategy team on Barack Obama’s…
Less stressful being a business owner? Can be, says Young Businesswoman of the Year
Anna Ross worked a number of different jobs before spotting a gap in the market for a unique new product. She tells our friends at SmartCompany how and why she got started on creating a major global b…
The woman running Australia’s ‘coolest’ company
Canva, an online graphic design platform co-founded by Melanie Perkins, has been named Australia’s coolest tech company to work for by Job Advisor. Its range of employee perks cover everything from t…
How a seriously fit 70-year-old woman created the detox I needed
I decided to go to Kangaroo Island’s 5-day health retreat in a moment of quiet desperation. The tell-tale signs of burning the candle at both ends were showing after six months of launching a business…
