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EY Sweeney and FinTech Australia reveal results of 2016 Census on fintech landscape

Liz Leigh - November 3, 2016 5 MIN READ

EY Sweeney and FinTech Australia have today revealed the results of its 2016 Census report on the Australian fintech landscape. The report is the most detailed and comprehensive analysis of Australia’s fintech ecosystem to date and reveals important recommendations to be considered by startups, community and government on how to take advantage of Australia’s unique global position to further grow the sector.

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Mums & Co is an online hub looking to support mothers running their own business

Gina Baldassarre - October 19, 2016 4 MIN READ

Mums & Co offers access to tailored events, discounts on perks ranging from the likes of postage to restaurant vouchers, and a ‘Concierge’ connecting them to business services such as legal, insurance packages, and HR help and toolkits.

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Virtual reality experience Social Qs takes out first prize in Sydney leg of LadyProblems hackathon

Gina Baldassarre - October 18, 2016 2 MIN READ

Social Qs, a team looking to help men understand and develop empathy for the lived experiences of women in the workplace through VR and gamification, took out first prize at the Australian leg of the LadyProblems hackathon over the weekend.

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BlueChilli opens applications for SheStarts accelerator program for female founders

Gina Baldassarre - October 4, 2016 4 MIN READ

BlueChilli has officially launched SheStarts, its accelerator program for female founders. Ten women will be selected to take part in the six month program, set to run from January next year, with each to receive $100,000 in pre-seed funding.

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BlueChilli announces launch of female-focused accelerator SheStarts

Liz Leigh - March 9, 2016 3 MIN READ

BlueChilli has announced the launch of SheStarts, a female-focused accelerator that will fund and mentor 10 female tech entrepreneurs who are launching their startups this year.

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The number of women-led tech startups is growing despite lack of STEM skills

Gina Baldassarre - August 25, 2015 2 MIN READ

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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Women didn’t just recently start coding, they actually STOPPED coding decades ago

Tasnuva Bindi - February 24, 2015 7 MIN READ

It’s not so much that women only recently started coding; rather, some time in the 1980s, women stopped coding.

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Atlassian founders publicly apologise for sexist presentation

Tasnuva Bindi - June 5, 2014 2 MIN READ

The founders of Atlassian, a 14-year-old Australian-founded maker of enterprise software, were quick to publicly apologise after one of the company’s engineers made sexist remarks in his presentation at the AtlasCamp developer conference in Berlin, Germany.

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Jo Burston: ‘Rare Birds is not just a business, it’s a global movement’

Tasnuva Bindi - June 4, 2014 6 MIN READ

Today, Burston is preparing to facilitate a movement – under the moniker Rare Birds.

The company, which will launch officially later in the year, states its own purpose “to provide every woman globally with the choice to be an entrepreneur.”

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‘If you can’t see it, you can’t be it’: Female founders crushing stereotypes

Tasnuva Bindi - May 13, 2014 9 MIN READ

Women’s participation and success in male-dominant industries is, at best, treated as an anomaly, and at worst, considered a farce.

Women in business’, ’women in tech’ and ‘women in politics’ have been the subject of debate for decades, with no end in sight.

And many men are tired of this conversation.

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Gender disparity in engineering: Dr Bronwyn Evans shares her view

Tasnuva Bindi - October 23, 2013 3 MIN READ

Engineers Australia recently named Dr Bronwyn Evans, Professional Engineer of the Year 2013. After earning the prestigious title, Dr Evans spoke exclusively with Shoe String about the gender disparity in the engineering industry and her drive to change society’s perception of what it means to be an engineer – especially for women.

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Innovative bra storage solution Bra-Voe wins design award

Tasnuva Bindi - October 21, 2013 4 MIN READ

Bra-Voe is an innovative solution for bra storage that’s gained widespread acclaim across the country, and won the title of Best Product Design at the Sydney Design Awards last Wednesday.