This Month
Australia’s 75 richest women now control a record $179b
Tech, mining and a booming beauty sector helped fuel a 19 per cent surge in fortunes in the past year, as 11 new faces made the list.
February
Quotas won’t produce more female founders in VC. Here’s what will
Filling innovation funding gaps will boost female founders, suburbs and regions, former Tech Council chief executive Kate Pounder says.
November 2024
How a jibe from this CEO’s teenage daughter triggered a career rethink
Kate Galvin, the chief executive of the $92 billion Victorian Funds Management Corporation, hadn’t applied for a new job in 23 years and, without realising it, needed a push.
July 2024
‘Not good enough’: Blackbird admits its gender pledge has stalled
Australia’s largest VC fund pledged to track data to support its rhetoric around investing in more women founders. Its first report shows it has gone backwards.
December 2023
VC pitching platform helps founders find investors
It can be a nightmare for entrepreneurs to access backers for their start-ups, but some of the biggest investors in the industry are jumping on a new online marketplace.
August 2023
From riches to rags to riches again: Tamara Ralph’s couture comeback
Beyonce, Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle wore her designs, then everything fell apart. Now she’s back in the spotlight – in more ways than one.
June 2023
From the Hyatt front desk to fintech start-up founder
Trenna Probert was 24 and working the front desk at the Park Hyatt in Sydney when a customer noticed she had the gift of the gab.
From sleeping in the warehouse to $40m in sales
A focus on the four Ps – product, price, place and promotion – has helped Hannah Drury’s business grow at 30 to 40 per cent a year.
May 2023
‘Don’t care what other people think’: This founder’s key to success
Gabrielle Manning was climbing the ladder of a corporate career in the fashion industry until, in her early 30s, she and two of her sisters quit their jobs to go it alone.
Fraudster Elizabeth Holmes isn’t fooling anyone (but she keeps trying)
The Theranos founder understood that almost everyone – journalists, investors, patients, doctors – can be swayed by a pat narrative.
Chief Executive Women’s new push: Free childcare
Susan Lloyd-Hurwitz is determined to ensure Chief Executive Women under her presidency continues its transition from being a voice for “elite” women to a voice for all women.
How Ultra Violette went from 3000 Insta followers to global brand
Bec Jefferd and Ava Chandler-Matthews worked together at Mecca before realising no-one was marketing the ultimate anti-ageing product: daily sunscreen.