women in business

Fiona White, Victorian Small Business Woman of the Year, shares her four tips for playing the long game in small business.

Nominations are now open for the 2019 Women’s Agenda Leadership Awards, which celebrate emerging female leaders across a number of different industries.

When the Barbie doll was first presented to all the big toy buyers in New York they were unimpressed and refused to buy any. Ruth Handler was undeterred.

The survey found that 30 percent of mothers spend 50+ hours a week looking after their family compared to just 10 percent of entrepreneurial dads. 

Rosie and Lucy Thomas are the sisters who co-founded PROJECT ROCKIT fresh out of high school. It’s become Australia’s youth-driven movement against bullying.

After more than 15 years in the waste industry, Linda Eddy figured it was time for things to get a bit easier, so she launched Ezybin.

Startup community and co-working space Fishburners has appointed social enterprise guru Nicole O’Brien as its new chief executive

Scaling a start-up, you need to be prepared for years of perseverance and set-backs, plus have grit and sheer determination in spades, to succeed.

One Roof is one of Australia’s leading co-working spaces. Its specifically been designed for and is dedicated to female-led businesses.

Roz Richards is the head myotherapist for dominant AFL team the Western Bulldogs and she’s also recently launched her own mobile myotherapy business.

This year, SmartCompany decided to showcase some women running businesses who at their core, represent the small-business and startup community.

Balance best describes what kind of future women want to see, writes Sadhana Smiles. But in many ways we’re making little progress.