Female Startup Club

A few weeks ago we hosted our 7th birthday party to celebrate Australia’s leading female founders in ecommerce and have an intimate conversation on ambition, growth & wealth. Anna Podolsky — Founder & CEO of Lyka ($200M ARR) ​Bronte Campbell OAM — Co-founder of Earthletica, 4x Olympian ​Sarah Forrai — Founder of Contour Cube (1B+ views) ​Katharina Cser-Mostyn - Founder, Wine Not the Brand In partn...

What if the health advice you're following wasn't actually studied on women... and the protocols everyone's recommending might not work for your body at all? This is a conversation about personalized health, why women need different protocols than men, and the future of precision medicine that actually tracks what your body needs in real time. We're diving into why clinical trials need to study mo...

Join the conversation: https://forms.gle/7F9vYtPkedAtwWu38 What if the exhaustion, anger, and the feeling like you're just surviving each day isn't just stress... it's your body trying to tell you something bigger? This is a conversation with Lisa Walker, a woman who's lived through chronic stress, grief, and burnout, and came out the other side with a radical approach to living her life. She's st...

Be part of the experiment (& our friendship group) by joining us here: https://forms.gle/zVr3Dt9CKGPVg55r7 We're back with part three of The Friendship Experiment! If you missed the first 2 episodes, start there and circle back for the first 12 questions… Here's what we're answering: - What did you last cry about? - What’s too serious to joke about? - Regrets… 💁‍♀️ SPONSORS → For ecomm founders:...

Be part of the experiment by joining us here: https://forms.gle/zVr3Dt9CKGPVg55r7 We're back with part two of The Friendship Experiment! If you missed the first episode, start there and circle back for the first 12 questions… Here's what we're answering: What I'd change if I knew I only had one year to live My most treasured memories What I actually value in friendship How I feel about my relation...

Be part of the experiment by joining us here: https://forms.gle/zVr3Dt9CKGPVg55r7 Introducing The Friendship Experiment: We're lonelier than ever. Despite being more connected than any generation before us, loneliness is now being called the epidemic of our lifetime. Coupled with the fact that making friends in your 30s is tricky… And the world is telling us AI solves everything, yet research cons...

FSC fangirls: You’re invited to join our private group chat (free) → https://forms.gle/zVr3Dt9CKGPVg55r7 Today’s episode is a little different! I'm actively looking for FSC fangirls (aka you). The women who've been listening for years, who've slipped into my DMs, left reviews, told a friend about an episode that sparked something... Our hype girls. Because we're launching something new, FSC 2.0, a...

What if the brain fog, the mood swings, and the exhaustion you're dismissing as "just stress" is actually perimenopause... and you're only 37? This is a conversation from our full length episode with Dr. Amandeep Hansra on Female Startup Club, where she's getting brutally honest about the thing most doctors still won't tell you: perimenopause can start in your 30s. And the tests we're using to dia...

What does an NFL sports agent have in common with a Taylor Swift fitness community? Alexy Posner has spent 10 years building the personal brands of top NFL players. She's also the founder of Swiftie Liftie Club, a Taylor Swift-themed fitness community that now draws 400+ people per event. And the thing she wants every founder to know? Saying no is where the leverage actually lives... In this episo...

Dr. Amandeep Hansra is a practicing GP, co-founder of Medical Angels (34 investments and counting), and one of Australia's most vocal advocates for closing the gender gap in medicine and health investment. But what she really wants you to know about women's health surprised me.. because the biggest breakthroughs aren't coming from billion-dollar labs. They're coming from women who got fed up and b...

This is an interview originally published on the Unstoppable Podcast by Jess Williamson. I'm chatting with her about how you can build real influence and a network that opens doors to bigger opportunities, partnerships and income. And how I did it with Female Startup Club, one of the world’s leading female founder podcasts and communities. "Doone has interviewed hundreds of founders, built a globa...

Rose Donald just broke the Guinness World Record as the youngest female pilot to fly solo around Australia. She started the trip at 17, turned 18 mid-route, and raised over $82,000 for Little Wings, a children's charity that flies seriously ill kids from rural Australia to specialist hospitals in the cities. But the part she really opened up about, what it actually cost her to get there, is the me...

Lauren Meisner built Centennial World, a Gen-Z media business covering internet culture, from just $5,000. It launched in 2019 as a beauty publication and today it's an independent podcast network running a daily show plus weekly deep dives, with most of its audience on YouTube. She's also just launched Spon Studio, a marketplace built to connect independent podcasters with brands. But the part sh...

This episode is for women who have a busy brain, feel misunderstood, or want to understand themselves better! I've invited my husband, P-A, back on the show (you heard from him a few episodes ago!) to walk through something I sent him recently that genuinely felt like a breakthrough. I called it 'My Brain Operating Manual'. Quick context.. I've been on this big journey of understanding my ADHD. Wh...

Queenie Tan went from working at McDonald's at 14, to earning $400 a week renting a share house at 19, to buying her first home at 23, to a $1 million net worth before 30. She's now one of Australia's most followed personal finance creators, the founder of a budgeting app with a 50% conversion rate, and the author of The Fun Finance Formula. But what she really wants you to know about how she actu...

Use code 'FSC50' to get $50 off Bronte's sportswear brand Earthletica Bronte Campbell competed at 4x Olympic Games before the age of 30, won 3x gold medals, 1x bronze, set a world record, and became world champion in both the 50m and 100m freestyle. She's now the co-founder of athletic sportswear brand Earthletica and just closed a crowdsourced raise of $1.2M. But what she really wants you to know...

Jemma Sbeg built one of the world's most recognisable psychology podcasts at 21, hit 100 million downloads, and landed a Netflix deal by 26. But what she really wants you to know about your 20s and what happens when you find success surprised me... In this conversation with Female Startup Club, Jemma gets radically honest about the loneliness that comes with rapid success, why high-achieving women...

Apply to join our inner circle: https://apply.femalestartupclub.com/apply In this episode, Doone is in the hot seat. Interviewed by her husband, this is a fast, slightly chaotic, very honest conversation about why she barely posted last year, what was actually going on behind the scenes, and how she still manages to build, lead, and follow through on what she sets her mind to. We talk ambition, en...

Our guest today is a true icon in every sense of the word - not only in the world of fragrance and creativity but also in business and entrepreneurship. Jo founded and sold Jo Malone London, leaving the brand in 2006 and is no longer associated with the Jo Malone brand or its products. And now 20 years later - she's done it again - creating Jo Loves into another much-loved brand that reflects her...

Hello and welcome back to the show - it’s Doone here - your host and Hype Girl. In these twice-weekly episodes, we will be digging back into our archives to find little value-packing gems from previous episodes. In this inspiring snippet, Dame Products founder Alex Fine shares an unexpected chapter in her entrepreneurial journey: taking on the NYC subway—and winning! LINKS: Alex Fine Instagram Dam...

Hello and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. We’re wrapping up our three-part bootstrapping mini-series with a total powerhouse—Ali Clarke, founder of Bondi Blades, Australia’s first at-home derma razor company. Bondi Blades started as a pandemic baby with just a couple hundred bucks and quickly grew into so much more than a side hustle. Last year, Ali hit $1 milli...

Hello and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. We’re wrapping up our three-part bootstrapping mini-series with a total powerhouse—Ali Clarke, founder of Bondi Blades, Australia’s first at-home derma razor company. Bondi Blades started as a pandemic baby with just a couple hundred bucks and quickly grew into so much more than a side hustle. Last year, Ali hit $1 milli...

Hello and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. We’re diving into the second episode of our three-part mini-series all about bootstrapping, and this one is a total gem. Today, we're playing back our episode chatting with the brilliant Karen Danudjaja, founder of Blume, the wellness brand that’s taken superfood lattes to a whole new level. Blume is what happens when yo...

Hello and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. We’re diving into the second episode of our three-part mini-series all about bootstrapping, and this one is a total gem. Today, we're playing back our episode chatting with the brilliant Karen Danudjaja, founder of Blume, the wellness brand that’s taken superfood lattes to a whole new level. Blume is what happens when yo...

Hello and welcome back to the show! It’s Doone here, your host and hype girl. Today, we’re kicking off our three-part mini-series all about bootstrapping—those early, scrappy days where you’re building a dream with sheer grit, determination, and maybe a little duct tape. For this first episode, I’m chatting with the amazing Piera Gelardi, who you might know as the co-founder of Refinery29. But tod...