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WELCOME TO HIGH FLYING DESIGN

I grew up in Clacton-on-Sea, a town most people leave if they can. Money was tight. Building something of your own wasn't really part of the world around me. But Dina was.

She lived opposite us. Every morning she got into her Mini Cooper and drove somewhere. I was in primary school when I found out where: she had opened her own hair salon. I remember what it felt like to discover that. A woman, right across the road, who had her own business. I'd already been told a business of my own wasn't realistic. Dina was the first proof I had that it was.

When I bumped into her recently, I told her I would love to interview her for this magazine. She said she probably wasn't interesting enough. That nobody would want to read her story. She is wrong.

She is also every woman I have ever approached for this magazine. The women I feature here are Dina. They are building real businesses, in the real world, without realising who is watching, or what it means to the woman watching her. They are the women whose existence changes what other women believe is possible, often without ever knowing they did it.

High Flying Design is for the woman who stopped following someone else's dream and started building her own. And for the one who hasn't quite started yet, but is starting to think she might. Real stories and real advice from female founders a few steps ahead of you. So you don't have to do it alone.

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— Shannon Kate Murray, founder & editor

Alongside the magazine, I design & develop websites for founders and established small businesses who have outgrown their current one. Explore working with me →

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High Flying Design is the online magazine for women in business, and the ones dreaming of it. Written by female founders a few steps ahead of you.

Proudly ranked #8 in FeedSpot's Top 50 Women's Magazines, 2025 & 2026.

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