Entrepreneurship stories
Entrepreneurs turn to AI for efficiency, not new markets
2 days ago
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robots
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manufacturing
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data analytics
Entrepreneurs increasingly see AI as a tool for efficiency and cost-cutting, not a springboard to new markets or sustainability goals.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
Last week
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hcm
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hybrid & remote work
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smb
'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
International Women's Day 2026: Death by a thousand qualifications
Last week
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fintech
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hcm
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risk & compliance
On International Women's Day 2026, women in fintech expose an “authority gap” where progress on paper masks bias in daily decisions.
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
Last week
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fintech
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risk & compliance
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healthtech
Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
Fintech must match tech progress with true inclusion
Last week
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digital transformation
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crypto
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fintech
Women in fintech say inclusion tech is advancing faster than culture, warning against hollow celebration while pushing for real structural change.
International Women's Day: The Australian entrepreneur proving you don't have to scale fast to succeed
Last week
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cx
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martech
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e-commerce
Ahead of IWD 2026, Craft Club's Nakisah Williams champions slow, sustainable growth over blitzscaling as a new model of female leadership.
International Women's Day - women, confidence, and the credit gap
Last week
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fintech
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cx
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martech
Ahead of International Women's Day, new research exposes how shattered confidence, bias and complexity fuel a stubborn credit gap for women.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
Last week
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partner programmes
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clean technologies
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marketing
From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Start training for a job that doesn't exist yet
Last week
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data analytics
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data science
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management
On International Women's Day, a data leader urges young women to train for unseen careers, valuing curiosity and pivots over rigid plans.
You have to give to gain: Why I view mentorship as a force multiplier
Last week
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leadership
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flexible work
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engineering
On International Women's Day, a telecom leader argues that mentorship lets women give to gain, multiplying influence across STEM.
Building in public: Why women entrepreneurs need visibility as much as capital
Last week
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social media
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iwd
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opinion
Women founders are closing the start-up gap, but with VC still lagging, visibility and public storytelling are now vital growth capital.
Women in tech & finance call for systems to catch up
Last week
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digital transformation
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fintech
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erp
Women in tech and finance say workplaces must be redesigned, with data-led accountability and digital finance access to match women's ambitions.
Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth
Last week
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zendesk
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ict sector
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iwd
With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.
International Women's Day: If women are not shaping AI, they will be shaped by it
Last week
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digital transformation
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fintech
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hcm
As AI reshapes work and life, women must be empowered to build and question it, or risk being defined by systems they did not design.
From video games to AI visibility: How women in tech can build authority through PR
Last week
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gaming
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martech
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partner programmes
From gaming roots to AI-era PR, women in tech can turn media visibility into authority, unlocking investors, customers and influence.
AI, women in tech & why progress demands a human lens
Last week
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digital transformation
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ai
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it industry
As AI reshapes tech, women still battle entrenched bias; only a deliberately human lens can turn this revolution into real inclusion.
Emergent debuts mobile app after USD $100m run rate
Last month
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saas
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digital transformation
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lcnc
Emergent launches mobile app for its AI software builder after hitting USD $100m annual run rate and doubling revenue in just one month.
Anthropic raises USD $30 billion, hits USD $380b value
Last month
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data analytics
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
Anthropic raises USD $30bn in new backing, lifting the AI group's valuation to USD $380bn as demand for its Claude models surges.
Exclusive: How email still reigns supreme for small business marketing
Last month
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cx
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martech
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personalisation
Constant Contact doubles down on AI-driven tools while keeping email the core link between small businesses and their customers.
Older Asia-Pacific founders chase unicorn valuations
Fri, 30th Jan 2026
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risk & compliance
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it industry
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smb
Asia-Pacific startup founders are growing older but no less ambitious, with most over 45 and four in ten still chasing unicorn valuations.