entrepreneurs

Ethical cleaning brand Pleasant State has won one of this year’s Trans-Tasman Innovation and Growth Awards.

Last year, only 0.03% of the $10 billion raised for startups in Australia were accessed by BIWOC founders. This programs aims to change that.

In the years since the Keep It Cleaner app launched, its co-founder, Steph Claire Smith has learnt a thing or two about trusting her gut.

Australian entrepreneur Sarah Wilson has officially handed over her I Quit Sugar empire so she can channel her magnanimous superpowers into another crisis.

Thirty-eight female founded startups have been awarded grants as recipients of the second round of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative.

Inspiretek has just closed a $2.5 million seed round, and is already gearing up for a Series A that will value the business at $50 million.

Here’s how Erika Cramer created a community of like-minded women on Instagram and a thriving business in the process.

In my 32 years, I’ve moved 34 times, had three kids by 26. I’ve moved cities, left jobs, started businesses and coped with parental abandonment, divorce, and death.

I’d decided to start my own business but the thought of leaving the safe cocoon of the corporate world had me feeling overwhelmed and afraid.

Whether it’s drawing up a new contract, trademark protection or entering into a lease, establishing a business can come with a myriad of legal hurdles.

For female entreprenuers, there is no side hustle. There is hard work, compromise and regular doses of mother’s guilt.

It took me about six months to adjust to a very different way of operating. I went from having a defined role to wearing many different hats.