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Gillian Franklin
News and interviews on Gillian Franklin including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
Where can I find a mentor?
Make sure you take advantage of the small business resources available in your state.
Gillian Franklin's Heat Group signs lucrative licensing deal with Warner Bros Consumer Products
A licence deal between cosmetics company, Heat Group, and a consumer products giant is a big win, but there's something bigger, its CEO says.
Gillian Franklin’s Heat Group wins costs against sexual harassment claimant, urges businesses to fight to defend staff
Gillian Franklin says businesses that simply look to pay money to make harassment claims go away should stand up for staff who have been the subject of malicious claims.
Survey shows 44% of women have been sexually harassed at work, companies not doing enough to support victims
A new survey suggests 44% of Australian women have been harassed at work, with 62% saying they believed companies do not do enough to support those who make a harassment allegation.
Never compromise
Gillian Franklin’s decision to fight a discrimination case from a former employee shows protecting principles can be costly, but also priceless.
Heat Group founder Gillian Franklin wins discrimination case, urges business owners to fight “spurious claims”
Cosmetics distributor Heat Group has won a three-year battle with a former employee who claimed to have been discriminated against and harassed.
How I was stranded in Geneva by the Icelandic volcano: Entrepreneur tells
Melbourne-based cosmetics entrepreneur Gillian Franklin has been stranded in Geneva since April 15.
Time for action
Another International Women’s Day, more surveys that highlight the fact the discrimination is not getting better. How long can this go on?
15 ways for women to rise to the top
Female participation on the entrepreneurial playing field has not just stagnated, it has gone backwards.
How I managed cancer while managing my business
Gillian Franklin, founder of the $75 million a year cosmetics company Heat Group, was told she had breast cancer a year ago. She talks to AMANDA GOME about how she has successfully come through the past year and what she has learnt about managing both a m
Women want answers on pay gap
A whopping 90% of Australian women are seeking answers to the gap between men’s and women’s wages, a survey by Australian cosmetics company The Heat Group reveals.
52 entrepreneurs share their real life tips
Over our first year of existence, many of Australia’s best entrepreneurs generously shared tips, trends, ideas, leads and opportunities. So here are a few favourites from the zillion of tips from the SmartCompany community. There are 52 tips – one for eac
Top 10 lessons of successful female entrepreneurs
What's keeping women entrepreneurs in the minority? Is it something they are doing wrong? It doesn't have to be this way. AMANDA GOME offers 10 steps to success.
Paid maternity leave is worth it: Entrepreneur
Paid maternity leave is worth it: Entrepreneur
10 real life tips from top entrepreneurs
SmartCompany is turning one-year-old. We have learnt a lot in our first year, and hope you have too. Here are 10 of the best lessons entrepreneurs have shared. By AMANDA GOME.
Optimism and customer service keys to success this year
If the bad economic news continues, consumers and businesses won’t stop spending – but they are sure to become more discerning.
Cosmetic entrepreneur’s cancer plan
Gillian Franklin took her company Heat Group to revenue of $75 million in just seven years – but her recent diagnosis with cancer could present her biggest challenge. She talks about how she will manage her business and her illness to AMANDA GOME.
Career by design
The founder of kikki.K wanted to bring a sense of fashion and design to the everyday, and took her business from its start-up $3000 outlay 10 years ago to revenue now of more than $20 million. Kristina Karlsson tells AMANDA GOME the kikki.K story.
Heat in the brand
Heat Group's Gillian Franklin had a problem: consumers liked her cosmetics brand but they didn't love it. She tells Amanda Gome how she created passion for the product and sales soared.
