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FEMALE FOUNDERS.INSPIRATION.

We are compiling an inspiring list that skinoholist.co.uk community of fearless female entrepreneurs can look up to!

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Amanda Lannert

Amanda Lannert

CEO of Jellyvision, a multimedia production company that is best known for making the You Don't Know Jack games

Audrey Melnik (@audreymelnik)

CEO of ZootRock: automated content for your social media accounts. Aussie taking on Silicon Valley. #500strong

Bec Derrington

Founder of @SourceBottle - Free media queries from journalists & bloggers. For journalists & bloggers needing sources + anyone wanting free publicity and @TheMediaBag - We match journalists + bloggers with products and services. Pitch your product or service to targeted media to get reviewed. Australia

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Bree Mitchelson

Bree Mitchelson

Bree Mitchelson is the founder of human and social capital company The Strategist Group and more recently, Strategist Learning and Development, a Registered Training Organisation.

Commencing her career in human resources before moving into executive search and human capital consulting, Ms Mitchelson has advised a wide range of industries both in Australia and the UK, spanning resources, manufacturing, IT, professional services and finance.

She launched The Strategist Group in 2008. Since then, the company has has developed an enviable reputation for tailoring innovative resourcing strategies that address a changing employment market with market leading results. Since its inception, the company has expanded to open an office in Melbourne and today team members work with a range of major ASX and private companies across Australia and New Zealand.

Building on the success of her first company, Ms Mitchelson founded Strategist Learning and Development last year and in doing so launched the nationally recognised Certificate IV in Recruitment Sourcing. This is the only accredited program in the field of strategic recruitment sourcing within Australia, and was developed over a 12 month period in close collaboration with key industry contributors.

Ms Mitchelson has a Bachelor of Commerce (Psychology and Human Resource Management), Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Change Management with Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)

She is passionate about improving and raising standards within the recruitment industry through through training and innovation.

Cynthia Schames (CynthiaSchames) on Twitter

Founder @abbey_post, bringing fashion & fit to Plus Size ecommerce. Wife, Mom, Entrepreneur. Not always in that order. http://AbbeyPost.com. NYC Metro

Delia Timms

Internet entrepreneur. Founder of fun new style advice site (& App!) www.whatshouldiwear.com.au. Past founder of Find A Babysitter.com.au.
Melbourne, Australia

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Desiree Vargas Wrigley

Desiree Vargas Wrigley

Co-Founder and CEO of GiveForward, a crowdfunding platform for out of pocket medical expenses.

Emily Boyd

Co-founder of Remember The Milk, an app to help manage your tasks.
From Sydney, now in San Francisco.

Hannah Chung (hchung) on Twitter

Co-inventor of Sproutel / Jerry the Bear (@DiabetesBear) and @Design4America. Providence, RI

Indi Tansey

Cofounder of OutTrippin, Indi has focused her passion for travel on empowering a huge network of travel writers to put together tailored trip itineraries for travellers.

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Jennifer Fitzgerald @ PolicyGenius

Jennifer Fitzgerald @ PolicyGenius

Jennifer Fitzgerald is the CEO and co-founder of PolicyGenius, a startup that provides online education and shopping for consumer insurance. She writes about insurance and personal finance, drawing from years of experience in consumer financial services and wealth management. Previously, Ms. Fitgerald was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she advised Fortune 500 financial services companies. She holds a B.A. from Florida State university, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and is a licensed insurance broker.

She's also an expert in Eddie Murphy's early works.

Jess Lee

Co-founder & CEO of Polyvore. Ex-Googler. Silicon Valley, CA

Julia Hartz

Co-Founder and President of Eventbrite.com. San Francisco, CA

In 2006, she jumped into the startup scene with her husband as co-founder. Their company, Eventbrite, has since raised $80 million. Eventbrite merges ecommerce with the social graph to democratize event ticket sales, and it's likely you've used the platform to purchase tickets — the platform has helped event organizers sell more than $1 billion in ticket sales. Hartz is a proponent of fostering happiness in the workplace, and Eventbrite has been named one of the best places to work in the Bay Area.

Kirsten Lambertsen (MsPseudolus) on Twitter

Founder Kuratur.com now. Was founder of BeautyRiot.com. Believe in the power of being nice. American misfit kid.

Kylie Little

Founder of Essential Baby - the largest online parenting community in Australia (and one of the largest women's communities) providing information and resources for conception, pregnancy, birth, baby, parenting and women's lifestyle!

Laura Wallendal (LauraWallendal) on Twitter

Co-founder of @edtrips. Changing teacher-led travel for the better.

Deena Varshavskaya (@siberianfruit) | Twitter

The latest Tweets from Deena Varshavskaya (@siberianfruit). CEO @Wanelo. Collector of psychedelic leggings. San Francisco, CA

Leah Busque (@labusque) | Twitter

The latest Tweets from Leah Busque (@labusque). Engineer turned entrepreneur, Boston native turned SF transplant. Founder, http://t.co/8KhhJw9cBo - A community of people joining together to get things done. 40.72971,-73.995104

Hannah Chung (hchung) on Twitter

Co-inventor of Sproutel / Jerry the Bear (@DiabetesBear) and @Design4America. Providence, RI

Elizabeth Holmes

Medical Diagnostics Game Changer