Tag: Women In Business

Business coach Melanie Miller demonstrates that you can know everything there is about business, but you can still make mistakes.

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.

One young go-getter is sharing how she plucked up the courage to ask her former boss to go into business with her – and how she hasn’t looked back since.

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

Aussie businesswomen are more likely to attribute their success to a team rather than themselves, according to a recent survey.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.