Ed's Blog Celebrating 9 men: How did this VC firm get IWD so wrong? Why would you elevate nine men as “allies” on International Women’s Day when you can talk about the issues impacting women in startups?
Partner Content Get into ‘action mode’ and monitor progress: CEO Sandra Martinez on gender equity and sustainability Paving the way for more females to head business, Sandra Martinez shares more on her journey to becoming CEO of Nestlé Oceania.
Partner Content Leading with purpose: Entrepreneur Anna Mowbray on building a globally successful toy company New Zealand entrepreneur Anna Mowbray shares more on her journey to building a globally successful toy company with her siblings.
News & Views ‘Voice your ambitions to everyone’: Marina Go, Naomi Simson & Faustina Agolley To mark International Women’s Day 2022, Naomi Simon, Marina Go, and Faustina Agolley joined Shivani Gopal at Elladex.
Business Victorian agtech Bardee is buzzing as Bunnings prepares to launch its first larvae-based fertiliser Bardee, founded by Phoebe Gardner and Alex Arnold in 2019, breeds Black Soldier Fly larvae to break down industrial quantities of food waste.
Health A heart attack at 33 led Busi Faulkner to create her own home-care service After a terrifying heart attack at just 33, Busi Faulkner decided to create a business that centres the patient: Home Care Nurses Australia.
News & Views The Australian attempted to explain startups’ funding challenges without talking to any female VCs Today’s The Australian article is depressive as it writes the failure of startups to raise capital and ignores female founders.
Ed's Blog Some companies are giving staff the day off on International Women’s Day A “ban on men”? Hardly. Companies give women the day off on IWD to promote policies and ideas that can support all team members.
News & Views UN extends its paid parental leave to 26 weeks for birth mothers U.N extend their parental leave policy to give all parents 16 weeks paid leave — regardless of gender. Birth mothers have additional 10 weeks
Business Diolog wins the Melbourne Pitch, taking home $100K prize Diolog founder Amy Benson won the Melbourne Pitch due to her expertise, “ten out of ten” pitch delivery, and the simplicity of her solution.
Appointments ‘Important day’: Leah Weckert becomes first female CEO of Coles Coles’ chairman described the appointment as marking an “important day” in the history of coles — it’s first female CEO in 109 years.
Entrepreneurs Meet the Aussie entrepreneurs putting an end to uncomfortable bras This female-led tech startup is on a mission to disrupt the multibillion-dollar global bra industry to put paid to bruising brassiers.
