Posts tagged "female entrepreneurs"

These five companies with female founders are not household names, but each one is doing great work in its industry, and each has recently undertaken a successful capital raising.

How can we get more women quoted in the media as expert source, particularly in business articles? We recently sat down with a number of leading women have put forward some ideas. 

Tech Ready Women and Academy Xi are backing a new $100,000 Women in Tech Scholarship Fund for Australian female entrepreneurs.

Since 2015, Melanie McVean and Chris Caley's business ‘No Pong’ has grown 76% per quarter and is sold globally in over 200 online/offline retailers.

The chair of SBE Australia and angel investor, Topaz Conway, is proud of the way SBE's accelerator is supporting the next generation of Australian female founders.

Irene Natividad knows what a leader looks like. In a distinguished career that has taken her into the corridors of power in Washington DC and around the globe, she has worked closely with many political and corporate leaders, including the likes of President George Bush Snr and Hillary Clinton.

The latest cohort for SBE Australia's Springboard Enterprises Australia accelerator has been revealed, with eight female founders across a diverse range of industries set to dive into the accelerator program. 

A recent Swedish study has shown venture capital funding is not going to female founders because of biases in the way venture capitalists view criteria such as risk and potential to scale when applied to female entrepreneurs.

If you’ve suspected there’s a growing cohort of Australian women owning their own businesses, the latest 2016 Census data proves your instincts are right.

Equality advocate and founder of Australian startup Cloudpeeps Kate Kendall has called for more demonstrable action by companies discussing …

SheStarts director Nicola Hazell looks back on how much progress has been made for Australian women in business since International Women's Day two years ago.

This International Women's Day, SmartCompany is launching a special showcase of Australian women in business, and making a pledge to do more to tell their stories.