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In a world where female founders constantly portrayed as ‘girl bosses’, I found it was hard to get authentic insights into what the journey entails for ‘regular’ women. Then I met Lauren Barber.'

While Australia has wind and solar farms in abundance, getting that power into the main electricity grid is a tad more challenging than one might have thought. gridmo is a software platform tackling that challenge, and ramping up the rate at which renewable energy can be connected for regular, everyday use.

Matthew Tracey likes political podcasts, is passionate about simplifying the employee equity process, organises his day thematically and is a Startmate Mentor.

It is easy to look at May Samali's professional achievements and attribute them to talent, luck or a great life plan. But it's years of consistent hard work, effort in the face of fear, failure and honest introspection that's helped her get to where she is today.

They say you won’t recognise your company and product by the end of Startmate’s Accelerator. When my co-founder and I heard first this, we had a little laugh to ourselves...

“It’s very hard for me to imagine a world without doctors, for example,” he told a packed crowd at the Melbourne Convention Centre in June 2023.‍One startup using AI to reimagine the experience is Startmate Company Lyrebird Health, a medical scribing tool that allows doctors to practice medicine, not paperwork. ‍

Hitesh Mehta has a vision to create a better and more equitable healthcare system, and offers valuable insight into the value of persistence when it comes to chasing your dreams.

As a professional creative, Izabela Barakovska was understandably drawn to James Nau’s Student Fellowship talk.

Job searches are hard. Fear and self doubt drives people to believe that they can’t land anything, so they apply for everything.Here’s a secretVery few people actually think about what they want, because they don’t believe it’s achievable. The result is that everyone ends up applying for the same roles in the market. Whilst everyone else competes for the same roles, there is an opportunity to chase a role that actually excites you. Ironically, these may be easier to land.

Entrepreneur Lisa Lie founded Learna in January 2023. The app is a microlearning platform teaching conflict resolution, emotional intelligence and people skills you can master in under 10 minutes.