Hey! It’s Doone, your hype girl in biz… It’s been a little wild over here at FSC HQ as we navigate our new ✨Techstars Era✨ we’re hiring! we’ve got questions! and we have some exciting stuff to share with you any day now….

But first, today we’re covering 👇

• A moment to celebrate Gisèle

• Confidence ≠ success (believe it or not)

• PepsiCo has $10,000 for food & bev founders

• A Quick Survey + We’re hiring!!

A Penny for Your Thoughts…

From the very beginning of FSC (when I was recording on the bedroom floor!) our north star has been to champion—read: HYPE GIRL!—women who are building wealth through the lens of business; be it through our gf-2-gf chats on the pod, the content and resources we create daily or chatting with you in the DMs.

And now we’re thinking about this on a larger scale inside the ✨Techstars✨ accelerator….

We’re asking ourselves: How do we actually Change Women’s Economic Power?

It’s a complex question—so many layers— but if you’re up for it, I’d love for you to be part of this over the next few weeks? Bc to understand how we change it, it first starts with us. This community of brilliant women who are out there everyday taking action towards financial independence and future wealth.

For today, I have 2 simple questions:

And if you’ve got more to share—just hit reply and drop into my personal inbox. I’d love to chat with you on this topic.

“It’s his shame, not mine”

Trigger Warning: this post mentions SA

In France, women are chanting, "we hear her" and "shame must change sides". And they’re chanting it for Gisèle Pelicot.

Today, we want to take a moment to celebrate Gisèle—a woman channeling her strength and courage to protect other women. It’s our reminder to continually ask how we can make the world better for women—and never stop asking that question. We hear her.

Gold Tweets This Week 💗

1/ The thing about confidence is that it doesn't require any success - at all:

I love this. Confidence isn’t built by always making the ‘right’ decisions—it’s about taking action, any action, and following through. You’ll be seeing more of this from us too across our channels over the coming weeks…

2/ Here’s what a week in the life of a CEO looks like:

What’s more intriguing than getting a sneak peek inside a higher performers’ calendar? We’re all curious about how we balance the chaos and still find time for creativity. But here’s the catch: no two CEOs do it the same way. Queue Leila’s *most popular* tweet to date:

The secret: there’s no one-size-fits-all formula but finding what works for you is the key. The best way to figure that out? Plan, review, adjust and keep going.

I’d love to see your calendar and how you run your week! Hit reply and share it with me? If we get enough I’ll post my Techstars diary has been these past few weeks (spoiler: last week I had 15 meetings a day! Insanity.)

Extra Stuff to Check Out 👀

• Erin Deering is about to launch her new fashion brand

• Most female business owners make less than $50K a year

• Love this: Glossier taps WNBA muses for lip gloss launch

• The Largest US VC-fund backing women reaches $500M+

• If you saw lots of open positions at Amazon this week…

• Progress is ‘pretty fragile’ according to Sheryl Sandberg

• As catching up to men in leadership could take decades 

• Rhiannon White takes over from Audrey Tsang as Clue CEO

• Aussie women's healthtech startup Femtek rebrands to Kyri

• Marie Claire published their 2024 Changemakers List

• 23&Me’s full board resigned over Wojcicki plans to go private

Female-founded ✨remote jobs✨ 

Secure a paying gig that supports your financial needs and allows you to invest in your biz from a place of ✨abundance✨ rather than scarcity —right here—👇

REMOTE 🏝️🇦🇺

• Female Startup Club (Hi!! 👋) is looking to contract an Aussie-based world-class Financial Advisor & Freelance Journo… Or a blend of both! If someone comes to mind hit reply.

🧠 World-class [female] financial advisor
✍️ Hard-hitting [female] freelance journo who can breakdown complex systems into easy to understand action lists, snack sized to-dos and frameworks
(💝 The dream would be a blend of both!! 💝)

Hit reply right now if anyone comes to mind!

PART-TIME ⏳

• Xylo Systems is looking for a Designer to join their team in Sydney and help create visuals for their biodiversity intelligence platform | APPLY HERE.

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