Julie Hirsch
Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Innovator & Social Impact Leader
Profile
Julie Hirsch is an award-winning social entrepreneur and innovator, recognised as Telstra’s Victorian Business Woman of the Year and named on the Forbes 30-under-30 list.
A dynamic and uplifting speaker, Julie is passionate about sharing her experience-led knowledge of how innovation, social impact, and entrepreneurial excellence can be embedded into commercial, educational, and government institutions.
Julie’s thought leadership and inspiring entrepreneurial journey have been featured in publications such as The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Herald Sun.
Current Work
Co-Founder, Eloments Vitamin Teas: The world’s first natural vitamin tea, a patented innovation securing shelf space in 1500 stores within a year of launch, raising Series A funding to become part of the only 2.7% of equity capital that goes to female founders.
Co-Founder, Mullin Mulling Spices: a first-of-its-kind spice infuser that makes mulling wine as easy as brewing tea. Launched as a partnership with a Fairtrade cooperative in the highlands of Sri Lanka, this novel innovation was picked up by taste-makers in Australia (Blackhearts & Sparrows) and the USA (Boisson), and is gaining a cult-following of 0% ABV red wine enthusiasts.
Entrepreneur in Residence, AGL Energy: Cofounded ‘Electrify Now’ – AGL’s home electrification solution centre powered by advanced analytics (AI) to create a pathway for electrification in the home. An Australian-first by energy retailers that utilises smart meter data to understand customer usage and provide a suite of personalised options.
Monash Innovation Guarantee Partner: Following her involvement as a Monash Business School Fastrack Coach, Julie is currently an industry partner with the 400 student, cross-disciplinary Monash Innovation Guarantee.
Awards & Recognitions
2023 Most Innovative Companies Award, Finalist for Electrify Now, Australian Financial Review
2021 Most Innovative Company, Victoria; Kochie’s Business Builders
2020 Telstra Business Woman of the Year and the Telstra Emerging Leader of the Year, VIC
2020 Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 List
2019 Melbourne Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Food and Beverage; Business News Australia
Media
Feedback
Julie gave us some really important and valuable messaging on the importance of having a strong business purpose, especially if you truly want to make a difference. It’s truly inspiring to hear from a self-made business woman, who has overcome numerous hurdles & challenges to establish a brand/business from scratch and deliver game-changing innovation in an extremely competitive landscape. She was outstanding, where their presentation resonated with the whole audience.
Julie was a wonderful presenter, she was knowledgeable, passionate and opened our students' eyes to the realities of entrepreneurship. The students were highly engaged and enjoyed the presentation. Always the worry when bringing guest speakers into the school is that students wont ask any questions; the students peppered Julie with questions which she handled with ease. We would thoroughly recommend Julie as a presenter.
On behalf of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, I would like to thank you for officiating as our Master of Ceremonies at the 2022 Queensland AgriFutures Rural Women’s Award (RWA).
You delivered an engaging ceremony to a diverse crowd with skill and professionalism.
Your personal accomplishments in leading a business that is focused on making a positive community impact exemplifies the spirit of the RWA, and I appreciate your sharing your success story with the finalists and attendees.
Julie Hirsch was a professional, inspiring and charismatic speaker. She was flexible and able to adapt her content easily. She engaged a C-Level audience, answered complex questions and maintained professionalism throughout the day.
What really impacted me was that she treated it like a conversation so I was more willing to listen and it wasn't boring. I was surprised to see the lengths and hardships she went through in creating her business. A major takeaway is to be resilient and to not give up. After hearing her, I know that if you ever hear 'no' that isn't a stop or end to something, just an opportunity to create a different pathway for yourself.
Julie was absolutely fantastic and covered many critical aspects of entrepreneurship from ideation to development to commercialization of product and services in a very interesting way. I found her a knowledgeable, passionate young entrepreneur with so much energy and positivity.
We had the privilege of hosting award winning entrepreneur, innovator and Cofounder of Eloments natural vitamin tea and Mullin Mulling Spices, Julie Hirsch. Julie was so insightful and inspiring about how we can crack the code for gender equity. By combining innovative thinking and an entrepreneurial mindset we can all build the innovations that are essential in achieving a more gender equal future.
Julie's wealth of knowledge in [innovation] was evident, and she inspired the young people in the room with examples from her lived experience. We have had very good feedback from our students about the session and would love to have her back for our future iterations.
As a facilitator and presenter for a Women's Retreat attended by high profile entrepreneurs, I could not rate Julie's presentation, preparation and commitment more highly. The content and training she delivered was powerful, informative and impactful. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her for other engagements. She is fantastic! Our attendees all rated her 10/10.
Julie was a guest speaker at the Digital Innovation Futures Festival. She brought incredible energy, prose and professionalism.
Her deep industry knowledge and obvious passion for what she does shone through and inspired the audience. I’d highly recommend her for future events.
Julie joined our panel on advancing gender equity and fulfilling personal and professional aspirations. Working with her was an absolute pleasure! Julie is truly professional, and such an inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed gaining insights from her, and our audience benefited greatly from her incredible perspective. Without a doubt, the panel wouldn't have been as impactful without her.
Julie was a huge hit at our event. She was lively, entertaining, genuine and passionate which made her a hugely engaging keynote speaker. She inspired a lot of women (and men) in the room for this IWD event! Her take away messages we can all apply to our work and life.
