From cancer detection to a rollerskating club: The female-led startups awarded in UNSW Founders’ New Wave program
Startups dedicated to early lung cancer detection, a mental healthcare app, and a female rollerskating club are among the winners of The University of New South Wales Founders New Wave Cohort 10 showcase
Apple is launching a new program to support female tech founders
Apple CEO Tim Cook declared the tech industry “will not achieve nearly what it could achieve” until it diversifies, as he launched a new app store foundations program supporting female developers.
How Ellen Weigall went from being “laughed out of the room” to building Australia’s only female-owned gin company
Ellen Weigall built BABY Pink Gin, Australia’s only female-owned gin brand that doesn’t sacrifice quality — nor femininity — when she was only 23 years old.
Four female business leaders reflect on resilience in the face of adversity in 2022
Four female entrepreneurs share their advice on business survival, adaptability and honing your personal power.
My biggest mistake: Steph Claire Smith and Laura Henshaw, co-founders of Keep It Cleaner
The two Keep It Cleaner co-founders say their biggest mistake hasn’t been one specific moment, but rather an ongoing, general gaffe: underestimating themselves.
Jane Martino joins Shonda Rhimes and Pat McGrath in new Barbie collection of “inspiring” founders
Martino has been included alongside powerhouse TV creator Shonda Rhimes, Chinese fashion designer Lan Yu, Global Digital Women founder Tijen Onaran and makeup entrepreneur Pat McGrath.
Aussie women are ditching the 9 to 5, but running a business is a hard way to make a living
Australian women are still channelling the chutzpah of Dolly, Lily and Jane, but they’re leaving the 9 to 5 behind, writes Sally Branson Dalwood.
The startup funding gap for women is getting wider. Why? And what can we do?
It’s been a record year for startup funding in Australia. Yet of the billions of dollars pouring into the ecosystem, the share available to women-led startups has actually shrunk.
Disappointment reigns as scores of women entrepreneurs wrongly informed of BFF grant success
Thousands of Australian women entrepreneurs were left disappointed yesterday after receiving an email saying their application to the Boosting Female Founders (BFF) grant initiative had been successful, only to later be told there had been a mistake.
“So much more that can be done”: What you can do to better support women-led startups
"Your action and inaction will define what the future looks like for female founders," writes Michelle Fotheringham.
Pinky glove: The tampon removal glove created — and invested in — by men, in an “attempt to solve a problem that doesn’t exist”
What the Pinky Glove founders are essentially creating is another “pink tax” — where women pay the additional cost of “feminine” marketing and colours for a product that is often already available or, worse, that they don’t need at all.
Do women-owned ventures need more female investors? Solai Valliappan thinks so
The young tech investor turned a page in her life when she realised the gross shortage of women in the tech investment space, and particularly women of colour.
