Belinda is extraordinary and is an incredible entrepreneur and inspiration. Born in Sydney, Belinda and her family moved around a lot as her father was an engineer and her early childhood was spent in Papua New Guinea. By secondary school she lived back in Australia and in about year 9 she became a boarder at a Sydney girls school. A school that bred independence and a belief that the girls could do anything they wanted if they set their mind to, if they worked hard. What a brilliant experience!
Bel went from school to Grace Bros as an Assistant Buyer, and ended up as the youngest woman Buyer ever! From there she moved to working with Time Warner and understanding the world of movies and Entertainment, before going to Qantas. At Qantas she worked for the in-flight entertainment deprtment, and then struck out on hwer own. Her first ventiure was a service to offer a full in-flight entertainment service to airlines globally, which was valued at $55M the day before 9-11, and zero the day after. What a big lesson to learn!
After that she headed back to Australia and continued to work for others, before getting involved in another startup as a founding partner, which subsequently sold for $67M. Then, she could do what she wanted, which has let to the business she owns and runs today, out of Bali.
You will really love this conversation and Jules and Bel are very similar and share some great discussions around female founders and women in business. This is one defintiely not to miss!
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