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Entrepreneurship was traditionally seen as a man’s game, but today that is changing. Women are emerging as a large demographic in the start-up culture.
Women-focused angel investor, Forming Circles Global (FCG) has put up for grabs a $5,000 cash grant and the opportunity to be mentored by industry leaders.
Forming Circles Global (FCG), headed by Renata Cooper, has launched in Australia as a unique angel investment organisation created to predominantly fund local and global women-led/founded tech start-ups.
Australian women are starting small businesses at twice the rate of men and last year it was reported that Australia is the second best place in the world to be a female entrepreneur. The facts are in and corporates are haemorrhaging smart, educated and savvy women …and fast. “Women are increasingly disenfranchised with the corporate…
Who knew that a simple act of mother’s love could turn into a multi-million dollar business? Sue Ismiel, CEO of Australian hair removal company Nad’s, probably didn’t expect this when she was concocting hair removal gels for her daughter in the kitchen. Today, Nad’s has plans to list the business on the Australian Stock Exchange…
Who runs the world? Girls. While Beyonce might sing that with lots of sass, a group of power women would soon be congregating in Melbourne on October 25, telling ladies exactly how to do it. And the name of the event? “Run The World”, of course. The conference is hosted by the League of Extraordinary…
The second annual Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), commissioned by Dell, has revealed that Australia is one of the three best countries in the world for female entrepreneurship. With a score of 80 on a 100-point scale, Australia ranks second amongst 30 countries surveyed, coming in behind the United States at 83 and ahead…
According to the second annual Gender-Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI), more than 75 per cent of the 30 countries surveyed are not meeting the most fundamental conditions required for female entrepreneurs to prosper. The index, commissioned by Dell, is aimed to raise awareness about the state of the playing field for female entrepreneurs and…
I’m childless by choice — a decision I cop a lot of flak for. But one line of criticism I cannot abide is that I am somehow a lesser entrepreneur because I’m not a mother too. There’s some weird calculus going on here.
Last year, we were forced to ask the question, ‘Where are the female entrepreneurs?’ when, according to the nomination form, only 8% of the nominated companies in 2008 were run by women. Of course, our provocatively titled post had our female Anthillians nominate en masse, getting our female contingent up to a more respectable 28%. This year, only one month into the process, nominated companies run by women represent 35% of the total!
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