Natasha Gillezeau
NatashaGillezeau
Professional journalist and product manager. For something different, come join my online poetry club at poetrywithtash.com.

Scale Investors' managing partner Samar Mcheileh on how its time for the media to flip the venture capital and gender script

Australia, Published July 27, 2024
Bad, depressing numbers? Boring. The economic and financial opportunities that lie ahead by investing in women and the products and services they'll inevitably create? Yes please.

Tinybeans CEO Zsofi Paterson on what it takes to run a public company

Global, Published July 26, 2024
Zsofi Paterson began her journey with Tinybeans as a user of the private family photo sharing platform before stepping up to the CEO plate in July 2023. As one of just 9 percent of women CEOs running an ASX-listed company, Zsofi shares what she’s learned so far on how to transition from running private to public companies.

Giant Leap partner Rachel Yang on how diverse investment teams help keep each others' biases in check

Australia, Published July 25, 2024
In the venture capital world, having "strong convictions" is often deemed important. But investor Rachel Yang has found that "having more views around the table" allows her team to make better decisions.

What's the deal behind the deals? Only 2-4 per cent of total venture capital goes to women-led companies - and we want to talk about it

Australia, Published July 25, 2024
BCG research has found that women-led businesses generate 12 per cent higher revenues using an average of a third less capital than their male counterparts. Imagine what female founders - and their teams - would be capable of with the same financial resources as their male peers.

Camille Goldstone-Henry on building the Canva of biodiversity

Australia, Published July 10, 2024
Xylo Systems is a first of its kind software tool for tracking biodiversity. Here, Xylo founder Camille drops some hard-won wisdom four years into her entrepreneurial journey.

Jessica Maguire on helping women to reset their nervous systems

Australia, Published June 28, 2024
In our latest Female Founders instalment, we spoke to Jessica Maguire about pivoting from life as a physiotherapist to building an online education platform that helps students beat burnout.

Nina Khoury on what she’s learned about business working at SKIMS

Global, Published June 22, 2024
SKIMS, the shapewear brand co-founded by Kim Kardashian, Jens, and Emma Grede, has redefined Spanx for a new generation. In the latest installment of our female founders series, NY-based Nina sheds light on what it’s like to work inside one of the world’s fastest growing consumer brands.
Woman working from home, holding white tablet

New report finds growing distrust in news and divergence between young men and women

Australia, Published June 16, 2024
The 2024 Digital News Report, which dives into news media trends and consumption habits, has found a growing gender gap in news interest between Gen Z men and women, and nearly one in four Australians are now exclusively relying on social media to get their news.

New research from Women's Environmental Leadership Australia highlights the intersection between gender and climate change

Australia, Published June 13, 2024
A new report from Women’s Environmental Leadership Australia (WELA) has found that harnessing gender diverse leadership is a powerful and essential opportunity to ensure that Australia's response to climate-related challenges is more equitable and effective.

Rachel Castelino on starting her own drinks brand Blume from scratch

Australia, Published May 24, 2024
As major US retailers like Whole Foods and Erewhon take alt-drinks to a whole new level, Rachel Castelino wants to bring Aussies on a similar journey with her new prebiotic fizz.

Ambassador Geeta Rao Gupta on advocating for women during times of pushback

Global, Published May 16, 2024
Picture this: you're the United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues in a post Covid era where climate change looms large, and we're heading into a Biden-Trump Presidential election. Now meet the woman for who this is true: Dr Geeta Rao Gupta.

5 Things I Learned from Kirsha Kaechele, the artistic icon behind the Mona Ladies Lounge exhibit

Australia, Published May 9, 2024
I think - nay, I hope - that I saw my future.