Registrations have opened for the WE WIN awareness event on International Women’s Day, designed to celebrate female success and enable change for women as entrepreneurs.
...read more
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.
...read more
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.
...read more
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.
...read more
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.
...read more
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.
...read more
This week, your Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Taryn Williams, the young agency owner determined to improve working conditions in the modelling industry.
...read more
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.
...read more
More female SMB owners will begin blogging for their businesses this year, as they adapt to the new online marketing age and embrace the opportunities it presents.
...read more
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.
...read more
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features Jodie Fox, founder of cult online start-up and fashion favourite of women everywhere, Shoes of Prey.
...read more
Catriona Pollard blogs about the benefits of women’s networking groups.
“Business networking is the single most effective way to not only meet new contacts that share your vision and mission but it is also an excellent method for meeting people that can assist in new business development.”
...read more
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.
...read more
Paris Culter is the entrepreneur behind Planet Cake, and the star of a new reality TV show based around her business. This week though, she’s starring as your Friday Entrepreneur Fix.
...read more
A quarter of Australians believe employers favour men over women for leadership roles in the workplace, a new Randstad survey has found.
...read more
Shelly Park was named the 2011 Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year at an awards ceremony earlier this week, amongst a finalist pool of enviably talented women.
...read more
A new, national not-for-profit (NFP) body has been established to represent SMEs around the country, promising to deliver group buying facilities, professional advice and networking opportunities to its members.
...read more
Female small business owners are being given the opportunity to have their say in the country’s first national research project that specifically addresses the concerns of women in business.
...read more
The push to have quotas set for the number of women on boards received a boost last week, with an audience of business and HR executives at the Diversity Council Australia’s (DCA) Annual Diversity Debate coming out in support of the move.
...read more
Research In Motion (RIM) has launched an eBook to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, presenting inspirational experiences of some of the country’s most successful women.
...read more