Silvija Martincevic grew up in Croatia. Her truck driver father and her shoemaker mother sent her to the US with $400 in her pocket. Fast-forward to 2021, and Martincevic would lead the US buy now, pay later fintech, Affirm, to its US$24 billion IPO. After a six-month career hiatus, she joined the Australian HR software platform, Deputy, as CEO.
The fitness mogul and her husband, Jae Woodroffe, are behind a new training app – this time, with dogs. Kayla Itsines made headlines late last year for buying back her fitness empire, Sweat, from US exercise equipment giant iFIT. But the entrepreneur has revealed she’s got a new venture, one she’s built with husband Jae […]
Overlooking Sullivans Cove on Hobart’s waterfront is arguably one of the coolest joints in Tasmania: Aløft. Anastasia Santoreneos bravely undertook the hardship assignment of dining there to bring this report. While Tasmania’s northern city of Launceston was declared a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in 2021 – and recognised globally as one of the world’s best […]
Kristina Karlsson was 22 when she borrowed $3,000 from her partner, Paul, to launch iconic stationery brand, Kikki.K. But decades later, Karlsson faced every entrepreneur’s nightmare when Kikki.K entered administration not once, but twice
Georgia Vidler and Kate Lambridis have a lot in common, from similar career paths to family medical histories. Two years ago, the pair knocked heads to re-invent how the healthcare industry navigates chronic health conditions. Their start-up HUMAN raised Australia’s largest seed round for an all-female founder team, $10.15 million, in 2022. Georgia Vidler and […]
Sweat app co-founders Kayla Itsines and Tobi Pearce made headlines in late 2023 when the pair bought back their fitness empire from US exercise equipment giant iFIT. Now, with Pearce as a passive investor, Itsines and Sweat CEO Adam Koch reveal what’s in store for the multimillion-dollar fitness empire. This story featured in Issue 9 […]
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci will step down from his role in September, after eight-and-a-half years in the job.
Many influencers worldwide have transformed their fame into businesses, but few have been as successful as Tash Oakley, the co-founder of Monday Swimwear and The Pilates Class. Tash Oakley will be speaking at Forbes’ upcoming Leadership Summit on February 27 in Sydney. You can secure your spot here. Influencer-turned-entrepreneur Natasha Oakley was born to two […]
Hatch has closed an oversubscribed seed round to scale its AI-powered jobs marketplace aimed at Gen Z.
Movie props from some of the biggest blockbusters in history are headed to auction in March, and are expected to fetch US$8 million (AU$12.2 million). Over 1,700 iconic lots are headed under the hammer via Propstore between March 12th and 14th, with a total value of more than US$8 million. It’s the first time the […]