@SmartCompany@getupcover@HelloCaia Proud to be help get the story of thousands of female founders that are left out of the incredibly well intentioned but totally inadequately built criteria for the Boosting Female Founders Grant.
@robgalb@anish_sinha@getupcover @Efma_news @AccentureIns Huge thank you for backing us @Efma_news @robgalb @AccentureIns as a finalist and canโt wait to see what happens when we launch ๐ more to come from us in a few weeks! Skye
Huge thanx to everyone over the w/e who not only #StayHomeSaveLives and signed our petition to get @business_gov_au and @karenandrewsmp include the 80% of female founders excluded from their Boosting Female Founders Grant! Let's get to 200 signatures! https://t.co/hz46xHvn6l
@Quackslikeaduq @abcnews How can they afford to stay if they've lost their job? Which believe me, I've spent hundreds of hours interviewing these students - they need to work to survive here as its so bloody expensive.
@abcnews So international students contribute almost 3% to our national GDP and pay $31.9 billion in fees each year, but we'll keep their money, let them lose their casual jobs, not give them any fee deferment support and they can head home when their borders are closed?
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#boostingfemalefounders grant gives $18m to ๐บ founders. ๐๐๐wait... it requires 50% equity?! What a fail. That cuts 80% of ๐ฆ๐บ๐๐ฝ startups. Whatโs worse? @karenandrewsmp wonโt revise this till 2021. Sorry Karen, we canโt wait. Sign to change! ๐๐ฝ https://t.co/hz46xHvn6l 1/3
What @karenandrewsmp decision means is although Iโm the ๐๐ฝ in the female led @getupcover because of my ability to rise above the many obstacles of building a startup toโ๏ธ secure an amazing cofounder, @anish_sinha โ๏ธ get investment @AntlerGlobal Iโm out. Too bad too sad. 3/3
Why 50%? I have nfi. The average shareholding of a female founded startup isnโt that. Mines is 45% rk. That doesnโt include my awesome Angel investors who have backed us on a SAFE. After seed Iโm expecting it to reduce further, thatโs if we can build & grow through COVID-19๐คง 2/3
This morning I had a pinch myself moment, as @anish_sinha and I had the pleasure of meeting the inspiring founder of @EusohPR, @AllenKamrava. We loved having an open chat with you about @getupcoverโs business model and your product innovation in the insurance. ๐ฏ๐
@robgalb Buying your book now @robgalb. That title ๐ช Itโs absolutely what weโre thinking of everyday down in Oz for the changing workforce @getupcover@anish_sinha