Bianca Healey, Author at SmartCompany

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Behind Adore Beauty’s loyalty program helping drive $113.1 million revenue in just six months

Adore Beauty's loyalty program has grown the brand’s subscriber base by 200% over the past 12 months alone, and contributed to 18% revenue growth in the past six months.

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Why hiring “other leaders” helped lifestyle brand for new mothers The Memo grow its revenue 330% in 12 months

Since the company launched in October 2019, it’s seen rapid and significant growth, including a 126% revenue increase from October 2021 to April this year alone, compared with the previous six-month period.

Principal Jeannie Joughin, Head of Marketing and Communications Carolyn Mller, and Investment Director Justine Carzino. Image: supplied.

OneVentures is growing its healthcare and biotech portfolio, with a focus on women-led startups

OneVentures has built out its senior leadership team with women as it eyes $1 billion in funds under management by 2023.

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“No one seems to listen”: Urgent support needed to solve worker shortage, hospitality and small business leaders say

Australia’s skills shortage is continuing to hurt small businesses, despite international borders reopening more than two months ago.

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“We are f***ed”: Twitter employees face harassment and uncertainty from new boss Musk

Twitter employees have been subjected to opaque internal information around what the future of working at the company will look like following the board's acceptance of Elon Musk's acquisition offer.

Food delivery marketplace ChefPrep co-founders Elle Curran and Josh Abulafia. Image: supplied.

Food marketplace ChefPrep raises $3 million less than a year after launching to kickstart growth

Sydney meal delivery marketplace ChefPrep raised $3 million in a seed round led by Artesian Ventures and US VC firm Global Founders Capital.

Australian fintech Stake raises a further $50 million as it gears up to launch crypto trading

Australian digital share trading platform Stake has raised a further $50 million via a cash injection from US VC Tiger Global.

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Consumer finance fintech InDebted named Australia’s best place to work

InDebted has won the top spot in the 2022 AFR BOSS Best Place to Work list, thanks to its newly implemented four-day work week, work from anywhere policy, and payment of a quarterly office stipend.

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ACCC takes Uber to court over ‘misleading’ and ‘deceptive’ app messages

Uber has admitted it breached Australian Consumer Law through cancellation warning messages and Uber Taxi fare estimates.

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Australian flower delivery startup LVLY acquired for $35 million by south-east Asian e-commerce firm

Local flower delivery startup LVLY has been acquired for $35 million by tech firm Limitless Technology, amid ongoing growth in online flower delivery.

Shannon Karaka, Head of Expansion ANZ, at payroll startup Deel.

Payroll software startup Deel expands its ANZ footprint, with new local clients SafetyCulture, Linktree and Zoomo

Deel supplies compliance and payroll platforms that enable businesses to hire and onboard remote staff.

Former Amazon executive Tony Austin wants to apply the strategies of global logistics giant Amazon to this New Zealand automotive startup.

Why this executive believes a Kiwi auto parts startup could replicate Amazon’s growth

Former Amazon executive Tony Austin wants to apply the strategies of global logistics giants to New Zealand automotive startup Partly.

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