Bertrand Venard, Audencia In marking the 60th anniversary of one of the world’s best-known toys, the Barbie doll, scholars and journalists have a wealth of angles to explore. The impact of the Barbie …
It’s time we addressed why mums with businesses are buckling under pressure
Women might be able to have it all, but it’s sure as hell not coming easy. That’s the key take-away from research conducted by creative platform, 99Designs which shows the majority of moth…
‘Say it out loud, ask for help, don’t apologise, be bold’: Advice from PROJECT ROCKIT founders, Rosie and Lucy Thomas
Rosie and Lucy Thomas are the sisters who co-founded PROJECT ROCKIT fresh out of high school. Thirteen years on, the pair have created an impressive business that promotes a world for young people wh…
“I probably underestimated myself”: How Linda Eddy beat the odds and built ‘Uber for waste’ app EzyBin
After more than 15 years in the waste industry, Linda Eddy figured it was time for things to get a bit easier. Having bought her waste-management business from her husband’s father, the couple had bra…
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…
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…
