Tech Ready Live: Founders, Conversations & Community

About Tech Ready Live

Tech Ready Live is a one-hour, monthly community session designed to keep female founders connected, informed, and inspired. Hosted by the Tech Ready Women team, it’s your chance to take a quick pulse check on the startup and innovation ecosystem, without losing your whole day.

Each month you can expect:
✨ What’s Happening? A roundup of industry news, trends, and opportunities worth knowing.
🎤 Special Guest Spotlight. Hear real stories, lessons, and insights from founders, investors, or ecosystem leaders.
💡 TRW Programs & Ask Us Anything. Upcoming opportunities, plus space for your burning questions.
🎉 Alumni Wins & Asks. Celebrating milestones and putting forward call-outs to the community.

This Month’s Special Guest

We’re excited to welcome Laetitia Andrac, Founder of Understanding Zoe, the first neuroaffirming app that transforms reports, observations, and meltdowns into actionable next steps. Understanding Zoe unites parents, educators, and therapists to help neurodivergent children thrive.

Event Details

📅 Date: Tuesday, 16 September
⏰ Time: 12:30 - 1:30pm AEST
📍 Location: Online | Limited spots

🎟️ FREE

Your Hosts

Crystal McGregor, General Manager @ Tech Ready Women

Crystal is the General Manager and Program Lead at TRW. She’s an entrepreneur with years of hands-on experience growing startups, working with founders, and leading high-impact programs. Crystal has worked across fashion-tech, ag-tech, and social enterprise, including as Chief of Operations at the award-winning ag-tech startup, Zondii, and co-founder and CEO of fashion-tech startup, PUCTTO.

With a background in program design, project management, and securing over $5 million in grants and funding, Crystal is passionate about helping founders turn ideas into real, thriving businesses. She loves supporting women to think creatively, challenge the status quo, and find practical pathways to grow.

Jo Palmer, Program Lead at Tech Ready Women, Founder of Pointer Remote and The Connection Table

Jo is a champion for women in entrepreneurship with deep experience as a founder and innovation leader. She has designed and delivered impactful programs across Australia, connecting entrepreneurs to mentorship, funding and commercialisation pathways. As the founder of Pointer Remote and The Connection Table, Jo has been a strong voice for remote work and regional inclusion. Most recently, she led innovation programs at Charles Sturt University, focused on building diverse, inclusive innovation ecosystems.

With a background spanning education, recruitment, advocacy and startups, Jo brings both lived experience and strategic insight. She’s especially passionate about creating equitable access for rural, remote and underrepresented founders in the innovation and tech space.

About Tech Ready Women

Tech Ready Women (TRW) exists to champion women in technology and innovation, supporting every step of their journey as entrepreneurs and leaders. Through high-impact programs, mentorship, and community, TRW empowers women to build, scale, and fund the businesses that shape the future of innovation.

At the core of our mission is delivering practical, authentic, and transformational support that increases women’s confidence and accelerates their entrepreneurial success. Our programs span the full founder journey, from idea validation in the Female Founder Startup Program, to customer growth in the 1 to 1000 Customers sprint, to investor readiness and scaling globally.

For more information visit: www.techreadywomen.academy

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