YOUR GET-REAL GUIDE TO CAREER & FINANCIAL SUCCESSI
n the past 20 years, the number of
women who run their own business
has risen by 46 per cent. Today, wom-
en make up 34 per cent of all small
business operators. But, in a start-up soci-
ety, not all companies survive. One in three
new businesses in Australia fail in their
first year of operation. To launch a success-
ful business is one thing, but to disrupt an
entire industry is extraordinary. These
three Australian women have not only
created multimillion-dollar empires, they
have completely changed the game in their
respective industries. Here are the secrets
to their success...“Being a disruptor
isn’t about the
disruption itself, it’s
about making things
simpler and easier”- Melanie Perkins
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Meet the
These women bravely took
on multimillion-dollar
competitors - and succeeded.
We find out how they did it
DISRUPTO RS