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Sisterhood in businesshood
Odette is building a business around community, and community around her business. Connection keeps her inspired and thriving — and it’s one thing men…
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You can’t thrive if you’re fighting to survive
Vinisha wants her business to be a force for good. But she knows in order to have real impact, she needs financial security, too. Welcome to The Club.
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Un-othering women who code
As a rookie software engineer, Ally Watson felt othered, exposed and uncomfortable in an ultra-male-dominated space. Now, she’s creating safer spaces…
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Competing in a man’s world
Lydia’s business is built by women, for women, and focused on the female body. That means some investors struggle to connect to the problem… and the…
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Wishing it was different, wishing you didn't care
Is there a moment in your career you look back on often, that still gets your blood rising? Do you wish you’d been braver? Bolder? Louder? Welcome to…
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Did you say... ‘breast’?!
As a new mum and a business owner, Bec had to discover for herself the wild impracticalities of continuing to breastfeed while working. Frankly, she…
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If not you, who?
As an Indigenous founder and a woman in tech, Camille is often called upon to speak up, fly the flag and carry the torch for her community. It’s…
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Are you good enough?
Michelle is taking her startup international, carving her own path and living out her dreams of success. Still, self-doubt and imposter syndrome have a…
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Are your health and career intertwined?
In her early 20s, Sam dismissed, denied and normalised her symptoms of endometriosis. Then, she "fully, properly, entirely" burnt out. Welcome to The…
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Sharing stories of women in tech, startups and the world of work; we explore the awkward, eye-roll moments and the inconveniences that only women seem to have to deal with.

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