#Women In Business
Bridging the Gap: Online education platform to address funding shortfall for women
EducatEd provides online courses tailored to female founders and investors, to assist them in obtaining capital.
Beating the Bias: The Glass Ceiling effect and its impact on women in the workplace
We asked women entrepreneurs to share their perspectives on the less-discussed workplace challenges
New Victorian fund offers $10m for female-led startups
LaunchVic’s Alice Anderson Fund has backed its first five female entrepreneurs, co-investing $10 million in early-stage capital. The companies chosen tackle ideas that range from recycled clothing to children’s toys and fitness. Alice Anderson Fund The Fund, named in honour of the founder of Australia’s first all-woman motor garage and repair workshop, is helping Victorian […]
Sustainability: Solutions require diversity of leadership and talent
Saving the planet requires our finest minds and most innovative businesses. So, is there gender parity in the sustainability space?
Breaking gender stereotypes: 4 key strategies women need to negotiate higher salary
According to latest WEF’s 2021 ‘Global Gender Gap report’, it will take another 135.6 years to close the gender parity gap.
5 personal branding tips for women
What can we do to change the narrative and ensure our future is not only equally shaped by women, but seen to be? 5 tips for women who are ready to challenge themselves…
Sisterhood in action: Global Sisters Marketplace delivers hope to Aussie microbusinesses
A concept with heart, soul and lofty aspirations, Global Sisters Marketplace is Australia’s first not-for-profit online marketplace dedicated to supporting women achieve financial independence.
Hiring gender bias exacerbated by algorithmic sorting models for CVs, new research finds
A new report has found that women, already disproportionately affected by job losses during the pandemic, face further disadvantage from job hiring algorithms and human bias. The research from the University of Melbourne, commissioned by UniBank, has found that subconscious gender biases greatly influence decisions by human recruiters and are exacerbated in algorithmic sorting models […]
Why is Australia seeing fewer female CEOs?
Fewer women are running the country’s top 200 ASX-listed companies in 2020 compared to the last four years, according to the Chief Executive Women (CEW) ASX200 census report released last week. The report found that the amount of female CEOs of the ASX200 companies has declined from 14 to 10 since 2018. It also found […]
Rare Birds program will help 90 women jump-start their businesses
In a fully-funded program announced in June by the Federal Government, Inspiring Rare Birds has awarded scholarships to 90 female business owners from marginalised or disadvantaged backgrounds, who will receive a formal, structured mentoring program that will equip them to grow their businesses and be successful. The initiative is funded by the Department of Prime […]
Entrepreneur Lis Armstrong’s story and her essential COVID-19 pivots
Lis Armstrong founded her vegan chocolate business Treat Dreams in 2015, after craving dairy-free treats herself and seeing the demand from others in the same situation. Starting simply with a Facebook page, a photo album of the products customers could buy and an email address, Treat Dreams has now grown into a large team, with […]
Women in business give their advice to future female entrepreneurs
International Women’s Day is on Sunday, so we have asked several women in business to give their advice to the next generation of female entrepreneurs, or existing female entrepreneurs, in order to encourage and inspire more female execs and business owners. Women in Australia still represent only 25 per cent of the ASX-listed executive leadership team […]
4 women that overcame ill health and went on to build business empires
These four women have overcome different illnesses, or periods of unhealthiness, in their lives, and have later gone on to build their lives as successful female entrepreneurs. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they are all in the health & fitness industry, as their times of being unwell have lead them to find a solution and help other people […]
Kicked out and pregnant at 24, to 1.6m per year entrepreneur at 37: How Yemi Penn turned it all around
Yemi Penn hit rock bottom aged 24 when she was kicked out of home by her parents, whose traditional Nigerian values disapproved of her falling pregnant whilst unmarried, and she found herself homeless, in an unsafe, violent environment in South London. She had a degree in Mechanical Engineering, but found herself sleeping on a doorstep […]
Julie Hirsch and Nicole Lamond: The new 2-woman business that just raised $1m capital and won over Woolworths
Julie Hirsch and Nicole Lamond have founded Eloments, the world’s first organic tea enriched with plant-based vitamins and minerals, designed to give consumers a natural and enjoyable way to take their daily vitamins. This small company – comprised of just Julie and Nicole – is celebrating a big win this month with entry into the tea […]
New entrepreneur in the skin care world has made $30,000 in just 3 months
Priscilla Hajiantoni’s earliest memories are of admiring her mother’s beauty and the daily rituals she took to care for her skin. The daughter of a beauty salon owner, Priscilla’s after school education was rebooking clients, stock orders, and serving tea and coffee to all of the ladies looking after their skin. Priscilla founded the Bangn […]
How I self-funded my successful startup
Byline: Samantha Barakat Light, founder of Body Catalyst, the largest body contouring and sculpting clinic, Body Catalyst. When I looked into opening my first clinic, I was immediately met with the difficulty of funding a small business and the only way I could start the business was to buy the machinery outright. When first starting out and […]
Dominique Grubisa: The entrepreneur that bounced back from serious debt
In three years Dominique Grubisa went from being millions of dollars in financial debt to having a turnover of $12 million dollars in the 2017-2018 financial year with her company DG Institute. Prior to 2008, Dominique and her husband Kevin were thriving with a seven figure business in renovating and selling property. The global financial crisis […]
Tired of running a side hustle? It’s time to step up
Top tips from the 2019 Victorian Telstra Small Business Woman I am an accidental entrepreneur. My grand plan was to provide home visit physiotherapy to clients who couldn’t access other services, while earning a bit of extra cash on my way home from my real job. After years of tip toeing around the edges, I realised […]
Parenthood almost ruined my business
Decinda MacDonald was three years in to building her event planning business Event Society when she found out she was pregnant. She’d started the business in 2012 after she and her husband sold their house to clear debts and raise capital. While she’d been making progress, the business was not prepared for a major disruption. […]
State winners of the 2019 Telstra Business Women’s Awards
For 24 years, the Telstra Business Women’s Awards have recognised and celebrated the outstanding achievements of Australian women in business. Telstra says these winners are undoing traditional business practices by using their own unique approach to rewrite what it means to be successful. They’re championing inclusion, innovation, and inspiring others to do the same. They are […]
LVLY Co-Founder Hannah Spilva discusses the biggest challenges entrepreneurial women face
LVLY is an Australian start up that has become the Uber of gift giving since it was founded by Hannah Spilva and Verity Tuck only 4 years ago. In 2015, Hannah and Verity saw a gap in the market when they themselves found that they weren’t easily and conveniently able to send gifts quickly to […]
Tracey Spicer AM named 2019 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year
Passionate women’s rights advocate and journalist Tracey Spicer AM has been named 2019 NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year – the top honour at the NSW Women of the Year awards. Ms Spicer accepted the award from Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Minister for Women Tanya Davies at the WOTY Awards ceremony in Sydney today. “Tracey […]
Shelley Sullivan: The model entrepreneur
Dynamic Business speaks to Sullivan about being nominated for the big award.