• What Product Founders Need to Know Before Their First Market Stall

    The Latest

  • Sophie Neall on Building Good Kynd: “We Changed the Recipe 70 Times”

    The Latest

  • Carla Pooran: Twenty Years of Real Skin in a World Full of Influencer Advice

    The Latest

  • TALA's £2.6m Operating Loss: Strategic Investment or Financial Failure

    The Latest

  • Why “Just Be Authentic” Isn’t Enough to Attract High-Ticket Clients

    The Latest

  • What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Self-Employed

    The Latest

  • Six Questions to Ask Your Designer Before You Commit

    The Latest

DON’T MISS A THING: RECEIVE THE VERY BEST OF HIGH FLYING DESIGN (HFD) DIRECTLY IN YOUR INBOX

Real stories, real thinking, and real women you can actually learn from.

 

FOUNDER STORIES

The conversations at the heart of this magazine

Every founder story here started with a conversation. Not a press release, not a PR pitch. A real, personal sit down between Shannon (our founder & editor) and a woman who is still in the thick of building something. The kind of conversation where someone finally gets to stop and say, here is what it has actually been like. The pivots, the self-doubt, the moment they nearly walked away, and the small decisions that changed everything. Not the polished version.

 

FEATURED

Laura Day on Building Fête

They started with a van, three hours a week and no idea what was coming. The rest is Fête.

 
 
 

BUSINESSMINDSETLIFESTYLE

Everything you need to build something real

 

WORTH READING IF YOU KEEP PUTTING YOURSELF LAST

The List Every Female Founder Is Making (But Never Writes Down)

There's a list most founders never write down. It's less things I want and more things I need. Rest without guilt. Clients who show up. Coffee that’s still hot when you drink it.