Business From stem cell biologist to leading venture capitalist: Meet Elaine Stead Completing a PhD in biochemistry is no small feat, nor is filing a patent that is licensed to a biotechnology company.
Advice ‘I’d be a terrible coder (and it hasn’t stopped me)’: Confessions of a talented techie who can’t code. For a woman who once questioned why anyone would want to work with computers, Laura Molony has built a curious career: it’s wall to wall computers.
Ed's Blog Found! A tech event that’s more than 50% female Apparently, finding women to speak at conferences is not always easy.
Ed's Blog The woman (you’ve never heard of) who got man to the moon She is quite possibly the most influential scientist you’ve never heard of.
Ed's Blog The perils of ‘finder fees’ for mates and the ‘blind recruiting’ apps that could help It’s no secret that Silicon Valley has a problem with gender diversity, a problem that spills into much of the tech sector worldwide.
Advice The key thing you need for making a big thing happen 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.
Ed's Blog How Australian women rallied together online to deliver real change in 2016 2016 was the year that everyday Australian women wielded real power online.
Business The life of a Kakadu-based female CEO and entrepreneur An average day in the life of CEO Mikaela Jade involves flying drones, landscape mapping, story boarding with traditional land owners and coding.
News & Views STEMM grads must be taught to counter systemic bias and career barriers As a women of science, my heart sank listening to Dr Loren Miller recounting the experience of her science degree during the 1980s.
Entrepreneurs How I manage my legal career, an online business & motherhood while living with a disability I’m a 31-year-old partner (now 33) at law firm Moores, a co-founder of an online beauty business called Natural Supply Co, a mother to a little boy, and I live each and every day struggling with a disability, writes Catherine Brooks.
News & Views Yahoo sale: What will Marissa Mayer do next? Marissa Mayer says she’ll stay with Yahoo following Verizon’s US$4.
News & Views The 29 women named finalists in the Women in Technology Awards The list of finalists for the Women in Technology Awards is in, recognising leading women who are making waves in the traditionally male-dominated fields of technology and life sciences.
