Advice

Not enough business owners speak openly about how tough it is to start up and run a successful company, according to the founder of Australia’s first online beauty retailer.

Alexandra Mills was once a professional ballet dancer but is now the chief executive of a suite of brands owned by e-commerce group AussieCommerce, including The Home, Brands Exclusive and

“You can build anything – you just have to imagine it.

When Adriana Gascoigne joined a Silicon Valley startup in 2007 there was one big problem.

First, these are the reasons why I decided to follow the Sheryl Sandberg lead and ‘lean in’:    1.

Leading a team to greatness can be intimidating, exciting, and challenging all at the same time.

A big welcome back to Marina Go, our founding publisher who rejoins us as a regular contributor — sharing tips and anecdotes from her portfolio career which includes a new start-up called The Daily Siren, as well as a number of board positions including chairing the West Tigers and her latest, joining the board of the just listed Autosports Group.

Just over two years ago I ventured into Jo Burston’s office to talk to the founder of multiple businesses about women’s entrepreneurship.

In 2012 Gillian Triggs retired from her position as the Dean of Sydney University Law School to take up a new job as President of the Human Rights Commission.

A few months ago I sat opposite Nicola Hazell at BlueChilli’s Sydney office, and watched as she used a whiteboard marker on a table to outline a vision for transforming gender diversity in the tech startup scene.

It’s time to overhaul the concept of the ‘ideal’ worker.

The 48 hour work week is a standard that was established during a very different time: more than eight decades ago when male breadwinners and female homemakers worked in parallel to keep households running.