Founder Diary Application

Founder Diary Application

Launched in April 2013, the Founder Diary is the first and only established platform in Australia that gives female entrepreneurs an opportunity to publish an open diary about their business journey.

It’s an invite-only platform for women in business like you to share the highs and lows of your journey, get advice and support from the WOMAN.com.au community, share your learnings, frustrations as well as successes and failures in equal measure. Founder Diary is one of the most popular segments on WOMAN.com.au.

Here’s a collection of the top entries in 2015. [feed url=”http://www.woman.com.au/category/founder-diary/feed/” number=”10″ ]

Check out all the Founder Diary entries of women in business.

Audience Profile

She is a mover, shaker and maker.

A Woman.com.au reader is a juggler, well-traveled, tech-savvy, highly social, opinionated, entrepreneurial, driven and socially aware. While she leads a busy, successful life and sometimes gets caught up in the rat-race, she has an inner desire to break away from the norm and conquer a big, hairy audacious goal; to create something that expresses who she is; to participate and live life a little differently.

Although at the top of her game, success to her is not about climbing the corporate ladder – she wants a lot more than that. She thrives in adventure and risk-taking, craves new ideas, thinks outside the box, takes action and follows her dreams.  She is an independent spirit with an entrepreneurial drive, and she wants nothing more than a world where work and life is synonymous and symbiotic.

She is either:

  • At the top of her career and looking for a change of pace or place – whether it’s starting a business or following a lifelong dream
  • Have a promising career and hungry for the next career growth and opportunity but is seeking a new way of working and living
  • On an entrepreneurial journey with a mission to change her life and those of others

Guidelines

[tabs type=”horizontal”][tabs_head][tab_title]What you get[/tab_title][tab_title]What to write[/tab_title][tab_title]Editorial Guidelines[/tab_title][/tabs_head][tab] As Contributor to WOMAN.com.au Founder Diary, you can write about your business journey either fortnightly or monthly for a minimum period of 4 months. And for that, you get:

  • Your very own author page with an archive of all your published articles . Here’s an example.
  • You can proudly display the WOMAN.com.au partner badge on your website or blog.
  • Social media mentions on Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Google+ every time your post is published.
  • Access to our back-end so you can create, submit and edit your stories directly.

Note: When your application is accepted and successful, we cannot guarantee that your posts will be published. Please ensure you follow our editorial guidelines.[/tab][tab] Founder Diary is about sharing your business journey. Your post could be any of the following:

  • share your mistakes and learnings, failures and successes
  • offer practical advice or an inspirational story
  • share your opinion on a topical subject matter
  • personal experiences/stories about juggling motherhood, how you launched your startup with a full-time job, the day you quit your job, how you got your first customer/client – be creative!

[/tab][tab]We love articles that are insightful, intelligent, honest, real and even a little raw. So drop the boring, monotonous professional tone. We love witty writing.Important guidelines:

  • Contributions need to be 400-1000 words.
  • You may include a link on your bio.
  • Content must be unique – not copied or published elsewhere.
  • Use first or second person narrative.
  • If you’re using facts and figures or quoting references, provide a link to your source.
  • Adopt an informal, conversational writing style. Cheeky is OK, attitude is welcome and lots of personality please! We want to see a bit of you in it too.
  • While we love a bit of attitude and won’t mind if you swear (a little), your message needs to stay upbeat, positive and relevant.
  • While we edit and approve all articles before they are published, you must ensure your submissions are proofread and grammar-checked.
  • Submissions that are poorly written will not be accepted and may impact on your future submissions.

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How to apply (invite-only)

The Founder Diary is invite-only. Applications will be looked at individually to ensure it aligns with our brand. To be considered, follow the instructions below.
 
1. Subscribe to WOMAN
All contributors must be members of the WOMAN.com.au community.

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2. Join our daily conversations

3.  Tell us a little about you and your business.
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