#Female Entrepreneurs
Queensland’s Female Founders program by River City Labs
RCL opens program to help Queensland women get their ideas to market
Taking a phased approach to founding a startup
Leaving the corporate world to start your own business can be daunting enough. But choosing to embark on a new career in the high-growth, fast-paced and innovation-driven technology startup scene is a whole other ball game. For many, it’s exciting and every day is a learning curve with new opportunities to grow or pivot your […]
Fast food CEO takes home ‘Rising Star’ award
Young leader gets prestigious accolade at QSR awards.
Why do only 2 per cent of female business owners earn over $1 million in revenue?
Did you know that only two per cent of female business owners exceed $1 million in revenue? As a business owner myself, when I found this out recently, I found it absolutely staggering. What that means is that most female entrepreneurs toil away without the big gains. Never really progressing past side hustles, start-ups or […]
City of Melbourne hosts live crowd-funding event for ‘good’
Four female social entrepreneurs will pitch their ideas at the Pitch for Good event in Melbourne on the 23rd July for the chance to win $3000 in support of their campaign. Councillor Kevin Louey, Chair of Council’s Economic Development portfolio said “a social enterprise is a business that uses the power of the market place […]
The future is in good hands, trust me
Waiting for my flight to Texas on Saturday for the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network conference (DWEN), I was informed that someone’s luggage had been sucked into the engine (!!!) and the flight was cancelled.
How to market to mothers
Conversations are the new black; at least when it comes to marketing to mothers.
Female entrepreneurs from around the world gather in Istanbul
Today 150 female entrepreneurs from 14 countries have converged on Istanbul in Turkey for the annual global Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Network (DWEN) conference.
The growth of female entrepreneurs in Australia
Are female leaders really absent from Australia’s corporate sector or is our understanding of women’s progress being distorted by focusing only on ASX500 companies?
Roundtable reveals women are champion networkers
This week six successful female entrepreneurs got together to discuss business, women in business, networking and everything in between. This is what they talked about.
Business advice from female entrepreneurs
Female entrepreneurs from a variety of industries are sharing their knowledge and opinions at a roundtable this week presented by BlueChip Communications and Dynamic Business.
Carolyn Creswell named business woman of the year
The brains behind the globally successful Carman’s Fine Foods business has taken home the 2012 Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award.
What’s really happening with women in small business
When recent research crossed our desks suggesting that there are a lot less women in business than you’d think, we decided to find out what’s happening with women in the Australian small business space.
From superfood to super profits
Mai Haven is responsible for introducing Konjac, the latest and greatest superfood to the Australian market, after using it as a home remedy to help her husband lose weight. Here’s how she used a vegetable from her childhood to create a business that’s set to grow 500 percent this financial year
Women in business value ‘we’ over ‘me’
Aussie businesswomen are more likely to attribute their success to a team rather than themselves, according to a recent survey.
The start-up making designers of the everyday person
Bespoke is the new black in design land, with consumers more willing than ever to spend big on products made exactly to their taste and specifications. Enter, a fast-growing start-up and its innovative digital product that’s giving people complete design control over a household product many of us take for granted.
How to turn a frustration into a fast-growing business
Finding reliable part-time staff can be a headache for small businesses, while on the flip side, it’s tricky for jobseekers to find work that fits in with their schedules. This ongoing frustration sparked a business idea for two savvy entrepreneurs, who are now planning to take their successful recruitment platform internationally.
The secret to business longevity
You only have to look at business failure rates to appreciate how tough it is keep a venture alive and profitable in today’s environment, but this is something two entrepreneurial mums have done successfully for the past 20 years. Here’s their impressive story.
The art start-up favoured by the famous
Frith Hucks isn’t an artist. Not that you’d know it by looking at her start-up, art-luxe concept label Bay & Fyfe. Here’s the story behind her globally growing start-up, which has attracted the attention of the likes of Miranda Kerr and Nicole Kidman.
The business behind an international film festival
Dreaming up and delivering an international film festival is no mean feat, but Allanah Zisterman wanted even more for her latest project, so she decided to host it on an island. What might have been a logistical nightmare for some, has become this entrepreneur’s greatest achievement.
Turning the uncomfortable into big business
Aimee Marks was designing new tampon packaging when she had her lightbulb moment. Unusual? More like a fortuitous episode. Now the young go-getter is heading up the country’s fastest-growing organic tampon business – Time of Month, or TOM, for short.
The consultant who couldn’t speak for a year
Loren Downing has faced more as a small business owner than most. After discovering tumours in her lungs and on her voicebox, the consultant couldn’t speak for a year. Despite this inauspicious start, Downing has created a successful consultancy for small business.
Susannah George on using the web to drive customers
Susannah George launched TheUrbanList.com last year, because she believed small businesses could be better leveraging the web to drive customers through their doors. Here, she talks about building a platform to facilitate this and reveals her desire to build a business that attracts the best talent available.
Overcoming depression to build a $2m business
Billie Goat Soap may have become a household name for its curative abilities, but as founder Leanne Faulkner will tell you, building the $2 million business wasn’t an easy ride.