International Women's Day | Startmate x Google Cloud (Sydney)
We are pumped to be hosting an event this year alongside Google Cloud.
⏰ When: 12 March, 5 pm
📍 Where: Google Office Sydney
💙 Who: WOMEN! Founders, techies, startup operators and the tech-curious - join us and invite your friends who fit the bill!
👀 What’s in store?
This isn’t just any IWD event. We’re doing things differently. We want attendees to walk away with the highest value possible.
Think: Actionable workshops, insightful panel discussions, speed friending, nibbles, drinks and LADYMATES coming together in one place to build each other up, facilitate connections and VIBE.
📌Rundown of the night:
👉 Fireside hosted by Google Cloud.
🐬 Workshop > Life’s a Beta Test: Run the Experiments That Move You Forward > hosted by May Samali, CEO & Founder of Human Leadership Labs
💙 Speed friending hosted by Startmate - Meet other women at similar stages of their careers and life.
🍿Nibbles and drinks, because who doesn’t want some yummy snacks and a sweet treat?
👯LADYMATES coming together in one place to build each other up, facilitate connections and VIBE
👀 Keep an eye out for more details in the coming weeks!
🙏 ASK: Please bring your non-Startmate mates. We want to grow this community. If you have women in your lives who would benefit from the Startmate magic and are ambitious about their careers - they should come.
The purpose of this International Women’s Day is to bring together professional women, build community, celebrate achievements, discuss big ideas and tackle even bigger challenges.
Grab your tickets - Spots are limited, so we recommend getting in QUICK!
*Note: The design of these events is to help create a safe space for women and build tangible skills and connections to help them succeed. If you don’t identify as a woman/non-binary but want to get involved, we’ll be sharing deets for other upcoming events and we’d love to have you get around it. Stay tuned.
Some important info from Startmate
Startmate is on a mission to accelerate and support women across all stages of their careers. From founding, investing, and working in tech or corporate, we've built a community of courageous, clever and powerful women who are hungry to tackle the world’s greatest challenges and are roaring to get started.
🦋 Ladymates
What is it? ANZ's leading highly vetted, mentor-driven community for women
When is it? Ongoing membership (apps closing end of March)
Ladymates accelerates your career through exclusive workshops, exec coaching, peer-to-peer mentorship and a powerful women-led community.
🚨 Join us for an AMA on Friday, 21 March to find out more.
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We are proud to be hosting this event in partnership with Google for Startups
Accelerate your startup journey with the Google for Startups Cloud Program. Get access to startup experts, your Google Cloud and Firebase costs covered up to $200,000 USD (up to $350,000 USD for AI startups) over two years, technical training, business support, and Google-wide offers.
More about our workshop speaker, May Samali, CEO & Founder of Human Leadership Lab.
May Samali is the Founder and CEO of Human Leadership Lab, a global leadership development company. As a speaker, facilitator, coach, researcher, investor and board director, May wears multiple hats to unlock leadership potential in organisations, teams and individuals.
Keep reading for more details on the workshop.
Life’s a Beta Test: Run the experiments that move you forward
“Life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the world of startups and tech, we thrive on experimentation—testing, iterating, and adapting to drive results. Yet in our own lives, we hesitate, waiting for certainty instead of taking action.
This year’s UN International Women’s Day theme is Accelerating Action, and there’s no better way to do that than by embracing a mindset of experimentation.
In this interactive workshop, May Samali, Founder & CEO of Human Leadership Lab, will share an actionable toolkit for applying the principles of experimentation to work, leadership, and love. You’ll learn how to refine your communication style, influence and motivate others, and navigate intimate relationships with confidence.
Whether you’re putting yourself out there in a new way, testing how to manage others, or rethinking your approach to dating, this session will challenge you to move faster, think bigger, and take strategic risks.
Join us for a dynamic, hands-on session and walk away with the tools, courage, and momentum to make bold moves in every area of your life. Approach life as an experiment, and every outcome becomes data, every step forward a chance to learn, adapt, and thrive.