Fleur Chambers on how to build a thriving social enterprise business based on wholehearted confidence
When thinking of the world’s most renowned entrepreneurs and innovators, names like Steve Jobs of Apple fame to Elon Musk in his early PayPal and Tesla days may spring to mind.
Maxine Minter on her journey to VC, and the need for a feminine answer to Bill Gurley and Naval Ravikant
Missing Perspectives’ readers, when we talk about high agency women – Maxine Minter is a name that flashes to the minds of many in her orbit from Matilda co-founder Niamh Mooney to Build Club founder Annie Liao. Maxine is the first solo female GP in Australia, with her fund Co Ventures, a venture capital fund […]
Kic co-founder Laura Henshaw on what it takes to build a generational health and fitness company
Ten years into business, Laura Henshaw and her co-founder Steph Miller (née Steph Claire Smith) have survived the initial years of startup life. Now, she’s ready to set the company up for success well into the future. In life – and startups – there’s a little heuristic called the “Lindy effect” documented by Nassim Taleb […]
Meet Jane Marx, the founder behind the Brunswick florist providing an economic future for women from refugee backgrounds
Tucked away in Brunswick East is a bustling studio filled to the brim with flowers. Inside this unique florist, a team of women heal their souls and build their economic futures one beautiful bunch at a time. It’s a Thursday morning in a Melbourne thinking about spring. I’m savouring the rare sunlight as I wander […]
Constantinople co-founder Di Challenor on the power of grit and how she pulled off the largest seed round raise in Australia
From cutting her teeth in tech sales at 19, to raising $32 million in a seed round to help make her banking software company Constantinople a reality, Di Challenor presents a founder masterclass in never giving up.
