Career 6 Lessons The Squiz’s Claire Kimball Can Teach Us About Launching A Successful Start-Up She's the former political staffer and head of corporate affairs who swapped making headlines for writing them. Here's how Kimball got her idea off the ground. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Career 6 Lessons The Squiz’s Claire Kimball Can Teach Us About Launching A Successful Start-Up She's the former political staffer and head of corporate affairs who swapped making headlines for writing them. Here's how Kimball got her idea off the ground. By jitendermittal Published 10 July, 2025 Previous article Carlton Star Darcy Vescio Says AFLW Shouldn’t Accept The ‘Scraps’ Next article What Working As An Emergency Doctor Taught UberEats’ GM Jodie Auster About Business Three years ago Claire Kimball quit her lucrative job in corporate affairs with Woolworths to start a business from her lounge room. Suddenly she went from being at the end of a hotline for journalists, the government, shareholders and investors at one of Australia’s most renowned companies to reporting the news.The move paid off. Today, The Squiz employs three people and is well on its way to keeping 50,000 subscribers informed about what’s going on in the world via a hugely successful free daily seven-minute podcast and morning newsletter. With the tagline ‘Your shortcut to being informed’, Kimball’s media start-up now dominates the news agenda for thousands of Australian men and women. It’s also Future Women’s partner in news. career leadership nextgenerationinnovators Brought to you by Best of Future Women Leaders Why Ilya stepped back from the business she poured her heart into By Ben Tweedie Leaders The most surprising part of being a first time mum had nothing to do with me By rosa762070 Leaders The #1 mistake employers make when multiple women leave By jitendermittal Leaders This is an exciting article title By Ben Tweedie Leadership New FW partnership to boost number of women in cybersecurity By jitendermittal Gender diversity Soft Power By jitendermittal Gender diversity Be honest. Did you think Bluey was a boy? By jitendermittal Gender diversity Cyber expert laments “lost generation” in online misogyny panel By jitendermittal Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
