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The Resilience Series - Vol. 1
Our latest series is all about resilience. We're kicking off the resilience series with two of our fab members - hospitality queen Mimi Gilmour, founder of Burger Burger and the leading lady of the healthcare sector, Dr. Lee Mathias. They share their very different perspectives so you can add more wisdom to your own tool kit.
Audette Exel - Adara Group
Audette Exel founded the Adara Group in 1998. In honour of her significant achievements and generosity, Co.OfWomen inducted Audette into the New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs. We sat down with her as she shared an abundance of experience and advice.
LegUP - 3Q's Review
Habits form behaviours which can in turn determine (or compromise) our success. Luckily, behaviour is 100% in our control. This LegUp video focuses on forming and building the right habits by using a tool called the 3Q's Review.
Georgia Meek - The Babysitters Club
Georgia Meek used her passion for people to start The Babysitters Club. With her business, she has harnessed the power of technology to this passion to make a difference. In this Co.W Talks instalment, Georgia shares her experience and her advice.
How I Funded My Business - Hady Wenham
Having a dream of owning your own business and making it reality are two different things, especially if it requires capital to get it going. Hady Wenham, founder of Forme Spa & Wellbeing talks about how she worked out how to find the money to take her business to the next level.
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The Resilience Series - Vol. 1
Our latest series is all about resilience. We're kicking off the resilience series with two of our fab members - hospitality queen Mimi Gilmour, founder of Burger Burger and the leading lady of the healthcare sector, Dr. Lee Mathias. They share their very different perspectives so you can add more wisdom to your own tool kit.
Frances Benge - top tips
As a former nurse with an extensive career in the pharmaceutical industry - spanning almost 26 years! - Frances is passionate about the health and well-being of the communities that she serves. Appointed CEO of Cure Kids in 2015, Frances is at the helm of one of New Zealand's leading research facilities focused on the health of children.
IGNITE Leader Series featuring Naomi Ballantyne
Live from our IGNITE Leader Series gathering, this intimate interview with our fab member, insurance industry doyenne, Naomi Ballantyne ONZM, is facilitated by Theresa Gattung. Naomi was Inducted in to the NZ Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs in 2013 in recognition of her significant achievements and generosity.
Julia Matthews shares Top Tips
Together with her sister, dynamo Julia Matthews founded the start-up company Two Islands, developers of a range of lifestyle food and supplements. She shares what she loves about being a part of our community and her top tips to add to our journey.
Peri Drysdale shares her top tips
Peri Drysdale, founder of Untouched World, was inducted by Co.Of Women into the NZ Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs this year. She has an abundance of experience under her belt and we got her to share some of her top tips so you can add them to your journey to success.
Audette Exel - Adara Group
Audette Exel founded the Adara Group in 1998. In honour of her significant achievements and generosity, Co.OfWomen inducted Audette into the New Zealand Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs. We sat down with her as she shared an abundance of experience and advice.
Theresa Gattung shares top tips
Co.OfWomen board chair, and general dynamo, Theresa Gattung, shares what she loves about Co.OfWomen and, her top tips for emerging entrepreneurs with (spoiler alert) tip #1 being 'don't start unless you cannot not start...
'What Drives Me' Series - Vol. 3
In 1997 Kaz Staples decided to focus her love of baking on earning some extra cash. 20 years on, Pure Delish is a multi award-winning, premium breakfast and snack food company driven by passion. This instalment of 'What Drives Me' is all about what led Kaz to becoming the fantastic businesswomen she is today. Enjoy these tasty morsels of advice from Kaz.
power-UP Grads Share
powerUP brings business owners at the same stage together to ultimately help build commercial confidence. For some insight into what powerUP really offers, have a watch of this video where our recent grads share their experience in the programme.
What Drives Me Vol. 2 - Naomi Ballantyne
For our second instalment of the 'What Drives Me' series, Naomi Ballantyne talks about perseverance in business and what drives her to make decisions that will benefit her endeavours.
The 'What Drives Me' Series - Vol. 1
This is the first installment of the 'What Drives Me' series. We had our fab member Megan May, founder of Little Bird Organics and The Unbakery, share what drives her on her success journey.
Debbie Sutton - Winefriend
Debbie Sutton talks about how her entrepreneurial background and her passion for people helped her create Winefriend. She shares about the importance of balancing her fastidious nature with the demanding world of entrepreneurship.
Dame Julie Christie shares on aging
We continue with our series 'the advantages of aging for women' with one of our most experienced members and proven entrepreneur Dame Julie Christie. She shares her take in her hallmark honest & humorous fashion.
Members share on aging - Nazla Carmine
Let's turn our attention to the advantages of aging for women. We're starting this new series with our fab member, founder of Cocktail Collective shareing her take on what shes found to be the positives of aging.
Camp is coming - join us
Our Growth Camp is the second of our 3 annual Camps and will focus on scaling a business. Camp brings members together across the spectrum to share a conversation about success as a contribution to each other. More info here
The Female Factor - Georgia Meek & Kiri Nathan
This installment of the Female Factor series features Kiri Nathan, founder of high fashion label Kiri Nathan and Georgia Meek, founder of The Babysitters Club. They share their take on what being female means for them in business.
The Female Factor - Monica Chen & Theresa Gattung
The second in the Female Factor series features Uno Property Management founder, Monica Chen and Co.OfWomen chair Theresa Gattung. They give us their take on what the Female Factor in in business.
Audette Exel - The Female Factor
This first of The Female Factor Series features Audette Exel AO. She is the founder & chair of the Adara Group, a NZ Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs inductee and is a front runner in the social enterprise movement.
Sandra Mu shares her Top tips
Sandra Mu, founder of Jump, New Zealand's first indoor trampoline park, shares what she loves about being a part of our Co.OfWomen community as well as a some of her top tips that you can add to your thinking.
Diane Hurford shares her top tips
Founder of Brolly Sheets, Diane Hurford, talks about Co.Coaching and shares few gems that she's picked up along her success journey. Add these to your toolkit and champion your success.
Co.W Talks
Georgia Meek - The Babysitters Club
Georgia Meek used her passion for people to start The Babysitters Club. With her business, she has harnessed the power of technology to this passion to make a difference. In this Co.W Talks instalment, Georgia shares her experience and her advice.
Jenene Crossan - Suckcess Podcast
Flossie.com founder, Jenene Crossan, featured in co. issue 8 and shared her entrepreneurial journey. Since then, much has happened and she courageously opens up again with a deeply personal story.
Jenny Joblin - Federation
Founder of iconic streetwear fashion brand Federation, Jenny Joblin shares about the evolution of her fab brand with it's cult following and finding the resilience to bring it back from the brink, even stronger.
the social restauranteur
We chatted with Bird on a Wire co-founder Sophie Gilmour about all sorts of facets to her journey in building this great biz. A fab podast to inspire your thinking. Tune in to hear Sophie share in her hallmark generous, laid back way.
the Healthcare Champion
Together with her husband Ranjna Patel is the founder of Nirvana Healthcare group, the largest primary healthcare provider in the country. We talk about her compelling, impressive journey with this truly humble woman.
it's all about the bounce
Sandra Mu is the founder of Jump, NZ’s Premier Indoor Trampoline Park. Jump was the first of its kind in NZ when introduced it in 2013 and has taken the backyard trampoline fun to the extreme, not only for kids as most expect but also for adults.
she's the hospo queen
Mimi Gilmour has hospitality in her blood. Just 25 when she opened her first restaurant, she how has 5 under her belt, including one national brand, the fab Mexico restaurants. We found out what drives this inspiring woman.
lady lush was her game
Sarah Paykel was the founder of Lush Australasia and a board member of Co.OfWomen. We chat with her about entrepreneurship, resilience, managing stress, the job of motherhood and asked her for some great advice for business women.
CO.W Tales
Leading the Charge - Naomi Ballantyne
Naomi Ballantyne (ONZM), founder of Partners Life, talks about crashing through the glass ceiling of the insurance industry with a healthy dose of intellect and humour.
Get Flossied - Jenene Crossan
The founder of flossie.com, Jenene Crossan, talks all about flossie,finance and the female factor. Twenty years of spearheading first-to-market digital innovations have seen her grow into a highly seasoned capital raiser.
Smart Thinking
Fashion designer Karen Walker needs no introduction to most of us. She’s a household name - no mean feat when it comes to the fickle world of fashion - and a 2017 inductee to The NZ Hall of Fame for Women Entrepreneurs.
Unstoppable Mimi
Restaurateur and serial entrepreneur Mimi Gilmour has been on a fast-paced roller coaster ride for the last decade, scaling the heights of success and swooping to the lows of decline.
the ultimate juggler
Founder of Lush Australasia, investor, advisor, philanthropist and mum extraordinaire, Sarah Paykel shares about juggling the balls of life and business, empowerment, and creating A-Teams.
leaving brinkville
Jenny Joblin is the founder of the iconic Kiwi streetwear label, Federation. She’s shares openly about surviving a perfect storm in her business and coming back from the brink.
to be the best
Ranjna Patel and her husband Dr Kantilal Patel have changed the face of Auckland’s healthcare, transcending barriers and using a simple philosophy: Here to serve.
it's a bravolution
She’s a ball of energy but make no mistake, Rose & Thorne’s founder Sue Dunmore is a business dynamo. The secret of her success? Well, you'd better read on to find out!
CO.W Thinking
How I Funded My Business - Hady Wenham
Having a dream of owning your own business and making it reality are two different things, especially if it requires capital to get it going. Hady Wenham, founder of Forme Spa & Wellbeing talks about how she worked out how to find the money to take her business to the next level.
How We Stay Inspired - I Love Food Co.
Our fab members Maree Glading and Jesse Stanley are the founders of I Love Food Co. They share with us how they keep inspired, motivated and nourished while growing their super-successful business
How I Funded My Business - Brianne West
Brianne West of Ethique, which counts Britney Spears and Ashton Kutcher among its fans, took a very different route to securing the capital to expand her business.
What Can I Learn from the Trailblazers
Meet Co.OfWomen’s founding chair, serial entrepreneur Dr Lee Mathias. A significant leader in the healthcare sector, she is the Birthcare and Labtests and director & shareholder of Pictor, to name a few.
Beyond Juggling
Being a woman in business is different to being a man in business – and that’s something to celebrate. As a broad generalisation, women and men have different innate skill sets, which have different advantages in business...
what to do when you stuff up
We check in with emerging entrepreneurial superstar Sophie Gilmour of Bird On A Wire and internationally successful Dame Julie Christie about setbacks, near-fails and working through hurdles.
from burnout to bliss
If you feel the juggle of life and business weighing you down, take heart. You’re most definitely not alone and maybe you can take a leaf from these members stories
on being fearless
As business owners we face myriad challenges and difficult decisions. It’s how they deal with those challenges that makes all the difference.
understanding the female way
Nurturers, supporters, multitaskers – do these intrinsic behaviours help or hinder our success in business? Actually, they do both.CO.W Tools
How to Step Up As a Leader
Jo Doolan has championed a number of female-owned businesses across her vast career. As a result, she has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to harnessing your potential as a leader. In this article, Jo guides us forward as we step up in our leadership roles.
LegUP - 3Q's Review
Habits form behaviours which can in turn determine (or compromise) our success. Luckily, behaviour is 100% in our control. This LegUp video focuses on forming and building the right habits by using a tool called the 3Q's Review.
Who's Feeding the Leader?
Co.OfWomen founder, Tara Lorigan, delves deep into the question: who’s feeding the leader? This important question is ignored by us women due to an innate drive to nurture others and corresponding self ignorance. Make no mistake however, for us to lead at our best, we must prioritise what we need to do this.
LegUP - Sales 101
LegUP is the series that delivers practical tools to champion the best me. In this video we're focusing on building our ease, skill and confidence with the business essential skill of Sales. Sales 101 promises you'll get rid of the yuck factor and love this process.
LegUP - The Female Factor
LegUP delivers practical tools to champion success. This installment is all about The Female Factor. It focuses on 5 key areas that will help harness our innate drivers to propel our success
Preparing to Sell
After doing the hard yards of capital raising to build and grow your company you may reach a point where selling your business is your aim
LegUP - the 3Rights tool
The series that's made to give you a leg up by delivering even more practical tools to champion the best me. This episode talks about the 3Rights tool, to help you build mastery, faster.
LegUP - The Me Plus Principle
As women we are largely, innately driven to nurture and not focusing on ourselves is therefore natural. But, this drive only works in the 'mothering' role. For us to be as successful as possible in our careers, we need to be optimal. Embedding the ME+ Principal will ensure that.
Is an advisory board for you?
Jo Doolan shares some wisdom on the role an advisory board can play in supporting the success of a growing business so you can consider whether this could be useful for you.
reduce your risk and succeed
It’s official, NZ is the No. 1 place for ease of doing business according to the World Bank but the flip is half of our businesses fail in their first 5 years. Here are some clues to ensure we keep ours on track.
finders keepers
Quality insights on how to find and keep the best support crew from one of the best in the industry, the fab Ms Wynnis Armour
CO.W Tips
10 ways to fuels your leadership
We all need to refocus sometimes when we're managing the chaos of life, so we've compiled 10 ways to make this possible. Try to integrate one (or more!) of these handy tips into your day to supercharge the leader within you.
10 pearls of fundraising wisdom
Finding the right way to gain funds for your company can be a difficult journey, here are 10 pearls of funding wisdom to help you find what works for you and your business.
10 ways to be fearless
Fancy some pearls of wisdom to inspire you on your journey? Check out these 10 tips from members to champion the super woman you already are.
10 ways to Work Smarter
Entrepreneurship is about working smarter right? Have you got your smarty-pants on?
Tick these 10 tips off your list to ensure you do.
12 ways to find me-time
We asked some of our gals how they refuel their tanks and take some much needed me-time. In other words, how they find their bliss to avoid entrepreneurial overwhelm.
10 ways to kick failure to the kerb
Ever feel like packing it in and getting a job with a regular payday? We hear you! Here are 10 common stumbling blocks to conquer before you do.
10 ways to be your own Champion
we love the wisdom and clarity that Jenna Moore brings to her role of Editor for co. magazine and how she manages to dig up the good stuff for us all to do better from - enjoy!
10 ways to be kick-ass
Need some pearls of wisdom to inspire you on your journey? Here are 10 kick-ass ways to don your big girl’s pants, from us to you. Go to it!
top 10 habits of successful women
We just love that women share so openly, so we asked around and compiled a list for those of us serious about the game of entrepreneurial success. Grab your pen...
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