On Tuesday an audience gathered inside Sydney’s Town Hall to hear from Daniel Fah, the co-founder and chair of the Virangana Project, which aims to connect disruptive female entrepreneurs seeking to e…
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 to replace its first employee Pandora Shelley, who announced last mont…
‘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’
It won’t come as a surprise to you that not once did I dream I’d be an unemployed single mum of two little boys in my late 30s. That’s not a dream, is it? That’s a complete nightmare! The last four ye…
Bellabox co-founder Sarah Hamilton on mistakes, growth & working with her twin
Australian beauty subscription startup bellabox is celebrating its seventh birthday this month and — because startup years are a bit like dog years — that makes co-founders and twin sisters Sarah and …
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 …
New angel investor network on hunt for women-led start-ups
Four high-powered businesswomen have come together to invest in women rising to the top of Australia’s start-up sector. The SCALe fund was founded by entrepreneur and investor Carol Schwartz, EY…
Lessons on the road to success: How four female entrepreneurs survived the start-up world
Before an entrepreneur’s business becomes the huge success we often hear about, there’s a time when life as a start-up can be a little tough. While they might have a genius idea, money isn…
