Welcome to Lady Startup, the show where we delve deep into the businesses of successful female entrepreneurs to find out how they did it.

Today's guests are Katherine Westwood and Sophie Gilliatt, otherwise known as The Dinner Ladies.

These two entrepreneur mums met at the school gate and decided for a bit of extra pocket money they’d start cooking meals for their busy family and friends.  

Kicking off in 2007 in Katherine’s backyard shed after investing $400 each they cooked 10 meals which they gave out for free to friends and family.

Flash forward ten years and they now supply over 12,000 meals a week, employ 40 people and prepare everything in their own production kitchen.  

So how did they turn their business from a couple of mums cooking with kids on their hips to a multi-million dollar enterprise?  Listen and find out...

CREDITS:

Guest: Katherine Westwood & Sophie Gilliatt, Founders of The Dinner Ladies

Host/Executive Producer: Rachel Corbett, Founder of PodSchool

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Welcome to the first episode of Lady Startup, the show designed to take the mystery out of what it takes to build your own business.

Today's guest is Jane Lu, CEO of the online fashion empire, ShowPo.  

Jane started her business in her parents garage when she was $60,000 in debt and fresh out of a failed business.  

In just 7 years she turned two shelves of clothes and a laptop into a global retail business shipping to 80 countries, with a turnover of over $30 million a year. 

She also started up the Facebook community ‘Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine’ which now has 70,000 members and was featured on the BRW Young Rich List in 2017.  

So how did she do it?  Listen and find out…

CREDITS:

Guest: Jane Lu, CEO of Showpo

Host/Executive Producer: Rachel Corbett, Founder of PodSchool

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