News & Views Melbourne startup Envato climbs up the rankings of the world’s best marketplaces Envato has been named Australia’s top marketplace by Silicon Valley VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, and the 32nd best in the world.
Business What I learnt leaving the safety of a 9 to 5 job for the rush of a start up 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.
Entrepreneurs Having more female entrepreneurs could improve Australia’s economic future We should harness the full potential of our national talent and foster female entreprenuership to create jobs, and rebuild our economy.
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 Lucy Liu’s fintech unicorn Airwallex bags $57 million in funding Airwallex’s total capital raised is now more than $564 million. As of April, the Melbourne-born startup had a valuation of $2.85 billion.
Business “Through the roof”: Reusable bag startup The Swag doubles sales amid COVID-19 pandemic While many small businesses and retailers across the country are feeling the pinch of COVID-19, reusable bag startup The Swag is thriving.
News & Views World’s first female mentor tech platform to launch this weekend The platform will give women the opportunity to ‘hire’ other women in 45 minute blocks, enabling unlimited and affordable global connections between women.
Business How Australians are investing in female entrepreneurs in India A new project aims to connect disruptive female entrepreneurs seeking to establish themselves in the start-up economy with potential investors in Australia.
Business New Fishburners chief champions diversity and social enterprise within startup community Startup community and co-working space Fishburners has appointed social enterprise guru Nicole O’Brien as its new chief executive
Business ‘There’s no teacher, mentor or coach that will tell you to set up a business when I did…but here’s why it worked’ In moments of darkness and despair, little dreams saved my little boys and me from sliding further down the black hole of inaction
Entrepreneurs Bellabox co-founder Sarah Hamilton on mistakes, growth & working with her twin As bellabox nears its seventh birthday, co-founder Sarah Hamilton opens up about family matters, mistakes made & the decision to stop growing.
News & Views Power, consequences and the 200 ways to use influence wisely As a self-confessed “power geek”, the events of the last 48 hours which saw a prime minister removed by some of the same people who put her in the position three years ago, couldn’t be more relevant to Rose Herceg.
