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You won’t find a book written by a man that warns you about investors who want to get into more than your business’ [Melissa Seymour, 2008:9]. Australian entrepreneur, wife and mother of two, Melissa Seymour has written the quintessential guide for women in business. Whether you are just starting out, or you are well established…Read More
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With greater emphasis on work life balance and a critical skills shortage in Australia, employers are turning to the part time workforce to fill job vacancies. To meet this increasing demand for part time employees, Rhonda Sermon and Shereen Jolly, two clever mums from Perth, are using technology and the Internet to bring employers and…Read More
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Siblings Angela and Con Vithoulkas own and operate the award winning VIVO cafés in Sydney’s Central Business District. A successful business owner for more than two decades, Angela Vithoulkas is in high demand as a motivational speaker and gave generously of her time to share some of her hard earned wisdom with Australian Women Online. Angela Vithoulkas was born to conquer the world,…Read More
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Cash Smart Kids was launched on the world wide web back in September 2007. But the program is already creating lots of buzz among parents, teachers and community groups. I recently spoke to the program’s creator Jenny Ford (pictured) about teaching money management and business skills to children, and her future plans for the site which was recently…Read More
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I first saw the name Katherine Sampson on the cover of My Business magazine. The founder and Managing Director of Healthy Habits, a chain of nutritious sandwich bars was positively beaming on the cover, after being named the winner of the ActionCOACH Award for Outstanding Excellence in the magazine’s business awards in November 2007. Sampson and Healthy Habits also walked away with the…Read More
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Sidonie Carpenter is a landscape architect and designer, and recipient of the Pratt Foundation/ISS Institute overseas fellowship. Sidonie is also the owner of two successful landscape design companies based in Brisbane. A prominent figure in the green roof movement, Sidonie Carpenter is the vice president of Green Roofs Australia, a not-for-profit membership organisation that promotes…Read More
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Jacqueline Richards is a business consultant, mentor and founder of Ignition Business Services. Prior to establishing her own business, Jacqueline sat on the board of some of Australia’s leading High Technology Research and Development Companies, where she was responsible for implementing and maintaining patents in 55 countries, staffing issues, capital raising, etc. It was during…Read More
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Sally Healey is a business consultant, counsellor, trainer, recruitment specialist and finalist for the pretigious Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award in 2000. With almost 20 years of human resources management experience behind her, Sally took a small business operating out of her lounge room to commercial premises complete with qualified staff, in less…Read More
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Lyn Prowse-Bishop, owner of Executive Stress Office Support and founder of the new Australian Virtual Business Network. Established in February 2000, Executive Stress has clients across Australia, in the United Kingdom and the USA. Lyn’s mission for Executive Stress is “to provide non-executive directors, consultants and small business owners around the world high quality, confidential…Read More
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For a lady who inhabits the executive chair of one of Australia’s most successful franchise businesses, Diana Williams is surprisingly approachable and candid when speaking to the media. Talking with Diana you get the sense she is a woman who remains unaffected by her success and that she appreciates the accolades more than most. The…Read More
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