News & Views The female investors backing female-founded Verve Super in multi-million dollar raise Verve looked to female investors to achieve their latest, massive $2.6 million raise.
Entrepreneurs The sacrifices female entrepreneurs make to help fix a broken system of work One Roof recently held a panel discussion of women in entrepreneurship to mark International Women’s Day.
Business $12 million awarded to successful recipients of government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative This week the federal government announced its successful recipients for the first round of the Boosting Female Founders Initiative.
Business Women-led businesses are being excluded from the government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative The budget pledged $36 million to the Boosting Female Founders fund. But strict eligibility criteria means many women-led startups miss out.
Business People assumed it was a ‘lifestyle decision’ when I started my business. We need to bust the myths about female entrepreneurship More often than not, it’s assumed female entrepreneurs want to escape inflexible corporate working hours, or to pursue a creative interest or passion,
News & Views I was told ‘you’re not a typical founder’. I’ve learnt it’s not the ‘persona’ that matters I don’t think there is anything typical about being a startup founder, writes Brandcrush co-founder and CEO Teresa Aprile.
News & Views The Govt can’t ignore this key barrier if it wants to genuinely boost Female Founders The Federal Government’s Boosting Female Founders Initiative is a step in the right direction, but there’s one key problem.
News & Views How 50-year-old founder Megan Avard launched her contract management startup, despite being told she “needed” a male co-founder A prominent Australian investor and entrepreneur told female founder Megan Avard she would need a male co-founder to succeed in business.