Showpo founder Jane Lu knows what it’s like to ride the rollercoaster of startup life better than most. The only child to Chinese-Australian parents, she was living up to their expectations with an accounting career at the Big 4 consultancy firms. But it wasn’t her cup of tea, so Lu left to launch her first… Read more »
Jane Lu and the Showpo team. Photo: Supplied Fashion retailer Showpo has once again dominated the annual Online Retail Industry Awards (ORIAS) scooping up three awards including a coveted ‘Hall of Fame’ gong at the event in Sydney. It is not the first time the iconic retailer has scored accolades. In 2018 the company and… Read more »
Of the 100 names on this year’s Young Rich List, published by the AFR, exactly half of them made their wealth in the finance and tech sectors.
Mark Baartse has helped double Showpo’s revenue since joining the company as Chief Marketing Officer just over 12 months ago.
Jane Lu was part of a stunt, created by a joint partnership between Samsung and Questacon to close the growing STEM gap in Australia.
While we know Showpo for its millennial fashion and social media presence, Lu has been working behind the scenes on something that is sure to turn heads.
The number of female tech startup founders in Australia is growing slowly but steadily, increasing from 16 percent in 2011 to 19 percent in 2013, with only a fifth of these founders coming from a tech background.
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