Cindy Luken is an entrepreneur, modern mum, food lover and former biscuit baker, who you may recognise from her biscuit brand Luken & May, which she sold in 2003. She’s currently on a new undertaking with her latest business,... read more
About 11 years ago, I changed careers from lawyer to executive coach and now also publisher of a parenting site. I still have a deep interest in the law and social justice issues, but one of the benefits of... read more
In quantitative research we are, by definition, all about numbers. But numbers aren’t just numbers when it comes to survey participants. More is not always better. This is why we’re cautionary about recruiting participants through social media. You may... read more
Last week, I awoke to an unsurprising but fairly depressing article in The Age (also in Sydney Morning Herald) about cranky Australian consumers. It detailed the results of an American Express survey, which rated Australian consumers’ dissatisfaction with customer... read more
By Lois Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Just Don’t Get It, a book that examines the differences between nice girls and successful women in business. Based on an interview with Suzi Dafnis for the herBusiness podcast. Women need... read more
Andrea Culligan is the co-founder and CEO of Unimail, a company that connects graduating students to employers from all sectors. Andrea is the recipient of the 2009 Telstra NSW Young Businesswoman of the Year Award and Unimail is on... read more
In March 2009, the HerBusiness Network raised funds through a silent auction and a series of business webinars to support women in businesses around the world through Kiva, an organisation that provides micro-loans in developing countries. Last year, these... read more
When you think about female entrepreneurs such as Janine Allis and Naomi Simson, do you think about the women first, or the brands Boost Juice and Red Balloon? I would be fairly confident in saying you thought first about... read more
You’ve said this before, right? I used to think the same. I spent a long time studying part time for my accountancy degree – started, but never completed an e-commerce masters and started, but never completed my CPA. I’m... read more
By Lois Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Just Don’t Get It, a book that examines the differences between nice girls and successful women in business. Based on an interview with Suzi Dafnis for the herBusiness podcast. Nice girls syndrome... read more
You’ve said this before, right? I used to think the same. I spent a long time studying part time for my accountancy degree – started, but never completed an e-commerce masters and started, but never completed my CPA. I’m... read more
Is it worth your time to attend business conferences? “What am I going to do here?” Silvia de Tommaso asked herself when she arrived at the Dell Women’s Entrepreneur Conference in Rio de Janeiro. “Now I know!” she told... read more
