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…
Shifting a start-up into a national enterprise: What I wish I knew then that I know now
Building, scaling and financing a business is one of the most rewarding and challenging things you might ever attempt in your career. You need to be prepared for years of perseverance and set-backs, …
Co-working space for women, One Roof, raised $1 million from female investors
One Roof is one of Australia’s leading co-working spaces and it’s specifically been designed for, and is dedicated to, female-led businesses. Born from the realisation that there is a persisting…
How the Western Bulldogs’ Roz Richards launched her mobile business
An athlete from the age of 8, Roz Richards remembers her routine-like weekly sports massages fondly, but she never thought they’d be such an integral part of her livelihood and business. Growing up in…
13 awesome women running start-ups & small businesses to watch
About this time of year, our sister site, SmartCompany usually publishes an annual list of Top Female Entrepreneurs, which ranks Australia’s top women in business based on their revenues or personal w…
When it comes to ‘balance’ we’re just getting started. Keep calling out the ‘imbalance’
Balance best describes what kind of future women want to see, writes Sadhana Smiles. But in many ways we’re making little progress — for example on women in the Liberal Party, on women ret…
We need wild, bold ideas to disrupt workplace design for women
Melinda Gates recently called on us to reimagine workplaces so that they work for everyone, describing how the traditional workplaces in the 1960s were designed for the typical employee – who was whit…
‘I’d lost my networks, people couldn’t remember what I’d achieved at work’: My reality after baby No. 2 and what I’d do differently
Heading off on parental leave that first time, there was no doubt I was totally naïve to the potential impact on my career. I’d spent months researching the perfect pram, finding the most practical na…
5 networking mistakes you’re probably making right now
What they say is often true, success is largely hinged on who you know. So, what are the best ways to establish those new connections, and once you’ve made them, where do you go from there? Is it a nu…
AMP Capital creates new managing director role with Marsha Beck appointed
Marsha Beck has been appointed as Managing Director Australia at AMP Capital, a new role created by the firm. After a challenging 12-month period for the industry and AMP Capital’s Australian business…
