Tag: Women In Business

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Maryanne Shearer, founder of T2 and the entrepreneur responsible for turning a nation of coffee-drinkers into tea lovers.

At the tender age of 16, Christine Taylor turned her passion for dog-care into a business operation, running a dog wash business out of her family’s backyard in suburban Brisbane. Two decades later, Aussie Pooch Mobile is celebrating its 21st anniversary and has become an international business, with almost 200 franchises worldwide.

Shoes of Prey, the online business that lets you design your own shoes, inspired a new Aussie business that lets you design your own jewellery – Style Rocks.

Lorna-Jane Clarkson, OzHarvest’s Ronni Kahn and T2 CEO Maryanne Shearer are amongst the five finalists named for the 2012 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman awards.

Local women are being invited to enter the Commonwealth Bank Women in Focus Community Builders competition series, and share their stories to go in the running to win a trip to Mt Kilimanjaro or New York Fashion Week.

This week, your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Taryn Williams, the young agency owner determined to improve working conditions in the modelling industry.

Women are three times more likely to start a business that allows them to work from home and ease the burden of caring responsibilities, but for many of these women, the line between work and personal time is becoming increasingly blurred.

Brigid Kennedy is the entrepreneur, chef, farmer, mum, author and property developer behind premier Sydney venue Simmer on the Bay, and she’s sharing her secrets to success with Dynamic Business.

Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Jodie Fox, founder of cult online start-up and fashion favourite of women everywhere, Shoes of Prey.

The country’s highest ranked police woman was named the 2011 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year at an awards ceremony in Melbourne on Friday night.