‘Tis almost the season and as small businesses across the country prepare for the Christmas rush, e-commerce brands are dipping a toe into the bricks-and-mortar space with customary holiday pop-ups. B…
Why it’s imperative to provide support to women running family businesses
It is remarkable when you consider we live in an age where there is seemingly a need to quantify and measure everything with metrics and data, that we can not confidently say how many women are runnin…
‘Kindness matters’: meet t-shirt designer & Kind is Cool founder Amber Wilkinson
When Kind is Cool founder Amber Wilkinson was bullied by someone of authority in the workplace, she lost faith in kindness. Rather than wallowing in the hurtful reality of the situation, she decided s…
#GoKindly: the social enterprise supporting women out of homelessness
Laura Conti, founder of #GoKindly, is passionate about paving the way for everyday people to help end homelessness for women. That’s why she started the social enterprise #GoKindly, that donates…
Happetite: Why food is a gift that says so much more than flowers
There were three moments in my life that led me to start up my business. The first, planted the initial seed, the second made me think more seriously about the opportunity and the third was so persona…
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…
Finally, the before and after school care conundrum is a NSW election issue
Any working parent of kids in primary school knows the problem well: how do you work a standard eight hour work day, while juggling the drop offs and picks up associated with a standard six hour schoo…
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…
