A FRANC CHAT

Because you can’t be what you can’t see, let’s get Franc with some of our favourite women in business! Whether they’re a CEO, a designer, a florist, a baker (or a candle stick maker!) learn more about their job, their passion and the cool work they do each day.

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Real Estate Principle: Hayley Van de Ven

With two decades worth of property experience, combined with running one of the most elite real estate teams in the country, Hayley Van de Ven is an agent growth specialist, proud Director of the Limitless Group and owner of the highly awarded and Ranked #1 & #2 RE/MAX offices in the country - RE/MAX Results & RE/MAX Bayside Properties. Hayley is also Co-Founder of Limitless VAs (now VA4U), a Virtual Assistant Company based in Bali, Sri Lanka & The Philippines. Hayley is a mum of two boys and has an infectious enthusiasm for life. As a career agent, Hayley believes in the ethos of limitless potential and strives to continue to build the world’s best real estate business.

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Entrepreneur & Co-Founder Franc.World: Annika Launay

Annika is a proven entrepreneur, having successfully led three businesses from start-up, including PDPR - a national marketing agency that provides a multi-disciplinary approach, utilising traditional public relations, experiential activations, digital components and influencer engagement. PDPR services clients in a range of industries, including property, hospitality and technology, throughout the APAC region. Annika has over 15 years of experience in marketing and has a passion for helping businesses reach their communication goals.

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Fashion Designers: Emma Clegg and Molly Rogers

Emma and Molly created JAM The Label to cater for the 15 - 20% of people globally with disability who have traditionally been excluded from mainstream fashion. “We want to shake up the fashion industry and make it more inclusive the 1.2 billion people in the world with a disability. We particularly want to give young people with disability the opportunity to express themselves through fashion, just like we do.”

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Personal Trainer: Lauren Patterson

Lauren is a mother of 3 wonderful humans and is also a personal trainer, mental health and domestic violence speaker/writer. She’s originally from country Victoria and has played piano since she was two, but her children are the only ones to have ever heard her play it! Lauren loves the beach but can’t swim in the surf, will never say no to going out for lunch and has never travelled outside of Australia. The coolest things to ever happen to her are working with John Cena, training Sam Wood in her own home gym and doing yoga with Rachael Finch (just to name a few!).

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Author: Kate Temple

Kate Temple has had many dangerous jobs - from making hatpins out of darts to climbing ladders at midnight. Now Kate is in the dangerous business of writing books for children. She has written more than twenty books with her writing partner, Jol, and The Dangerous Business of Being Trilby Moffat is her first solo book. Kate lives in Sydney with her two children. When she is not writing, Kate enjoys eating cake, and so do the characters in this book.

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Producer: Kylie Pascoe

With a 20-year career in film and television, Kylie Pascoe broke new ground in subscription television, creating innovative campaigns alongside several Hollywood Studios. In 1996 she moved into film and has been behind the release of over 30 films and series. Kylie spent two years as director of Queensland’s largest film festival (GCFF) establishing three of their flagship events before relocating to Victoria in 2016 to focus on producing. A keen collaborator, Kylie has produced a broadcast documentary, and co-produced eleven feature films and a Netflix series. Her latest feature documentary – The Art of Incarceration – was acquired by Netflix for global release mid 2022.

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Entrepreneur: Rebecca Little

Rebecca Little. Lover of fashion, caramel slice and period chats. Bec lives in Gippsland, Victoria and is a Mama Bear of 3 little ladies - Charlotte and Twins Florence and Penelope. In July 2021, Little Miss Period was founded. A safe and inclusive space where those who menstruate can be equipped with all the knowledge and products to ride their period rollercoaster, their way…

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