ABOUT US

Why Brava networking is different from other networking groups in Melbourne and Australia

Brava (previously Bayside Women in Business) started as a group of a few entrepreneurial women, coming together for a coffee and a chat back in 2009. We craved connection with other business owners, people who understood the struggles and the loneliness we sometimes felt in starting our own ventures from our homes. We talked about our lives, our kids, our businesses. And the result was amazing.

Over a decade later, some of those women are now sponsors of Brava, and we are all still connecting and running strong businesses. We now have over 1,600 community members, and looking forward to growing more, as we know that the strength of the group is in the relationships.

Brava is a unique business community, where we truly value connection first, and we know that good business results will follow.

Won’t you join us?

Meet our founder, Dhea Bartlett

Often introduced as the Networking Queen and described as a natural connector, Dhea is passionate about bringing likeminded people together to support each other in life and in business. She is happiest when meeting new people and spending time with others and is a born networker, nurturing hundreds of relationships at once through her Send Out Cards business.

Her love for sharing and coaching people started in the classroom, where she taught in Singapore and Australia. As an entrepreneur and mum, she deeply understands the constant juggle between work life and home life.

She started her businesses to empower others to "have it all," supporting women to thrive in their own businesses and make their own choices and schedules.