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Julie Hirsch
Award-winning entrepreneur Julie Hirsch inspires audiences to combine innovation, sustainability and ethical business with ambitious growth.
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Why book Julie Hirsch for your next event
- Learn how Julie Hirsch turned years of research into a world-first product and secured shelf space in thousands of stores globally.
- Discover practical perspectives on ethical business, Fairtrade, sustainability and creating positive impact throughout the supply chain.
- Gain entrepreneurial insights from a Forbes 30 Under 30 founder with experience in startups, climate action and youth engagement.
Non-binding request for Julie Hirsch
Award-winning entrepreneur, sustainability advocate and cofounder of Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea
Julie Hirsch is an award-winning entrepreneur, sustainability advocate and experienced speaker who brings together business growth, innovation and positive impact. As Cofounder and COO of Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea, Julie helped launch the world’s first 100% natural vitamin tea and rapidly secure shelf space in thousands of stores around the world. Her entrepreneurial achievements have earned her recognition on Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 list and multiple business awards. Drawing on experience spanning startups, Fairtrade businesses, climate action and youth engagement, Julie delivers motivational keynotes with practical insights audiences can take back to their organizations.
From idea to international growth
Speaker Julie Hirsch knows what it takes to turn an ambitious idea into a business with international reach. As Cofounder and COO of Eloments Natural Vitamin Tea, Julie helped create a world-first 100% natural vitamin tea after two years of research alongside Cofounder Nicole. The result was a range of organic teas and tisanes infused with nine essential vitamins and minerals.
The company grew quickly, securing shelf space in 2,000 stores around the world in just over a year. Fairtrade-certified Eloments has since been available in more than 2,500 stores worldwide, including Woolworths Supermarket in Australia and Holland & Barrett in the U.K.
Behind that rapid growth was a much longer process of research, innovation and persistence. Julie shares the realities behind entrepreneurial success and shows audiences how strategic thinking and disruption can help transform a strong idea into a scalable business. Her keynotes offer an engaging combination of personal experience and actionable takeaways relevant across different levels of an organization.
Entrepreneurship with positive impact
Julie’s entrepreneurial vision goes beyond creating successful products. As the founder of two Fairtrade businesses, she is passionate about building companies with ethical practices, innovation, disruption and fair trade at their core.
Her background in the NGO sector shaped her perspective on the role businesses can play in society. Julie recognized that companies, and startups in particular, have an opportunity to create positive impact through the decisions they make from the very beginning. This philosophy has informed her approach to entrepreneurship, from product development and supply chains to sustainability and responsible growth.
When you book speaker Julie Hirsch for your event, audiences gain insights into topics including:
- Entrepreneurship, innovation and business growth
- Ethical business and positive impact
- Fairtrade and responsible supply chains
- Sustainability and climate change
- Startup leadership and disruption
- Engaging and empowering young people
Julie makes these subjects accessible and relevant, connecting bigger questions around sustainability and responsibility with the practical decisions organizations and leaders face every day.
Climate action and youth engagement
Before building her entrepreneurial career, Julie developed extensive experience in the NGO sector. At just 22, she opened and ran a voter registration office. She later became deeply involved in climate change action and worked her way to the position of Deputy Director of the Australian Youth Climate Coalition.
Julie has also served as the Australian Youth Climate Coalition’s Board Secretary on a voluntary basis. This combination of leadership, campaigning and organizational experience gives her a valuable perspective on sustainability, climate change and how organizations can meaningfully engage younger generations.
Her work across both business and the nonprofit sector enables Julie to speak about sustainability from multiple perspectives. She understands the ambitions of entrepreneurs who want to grow, while also recognizing the responsibility and opportunity businesses have to consider their wider impact.
Recognition as an entrepreneur
Julie Hirsch’s achievements have earned recognition in Australia and internationally. In 2020, she was named on Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 List. That same year, she received the Telstra Business Woman of the Year and Telstra Emerging Leader of the Year awards in Victoria. In 2019, Business News Australia named her Melbourne Young Entrepreneur of the Year – Food and Beverage.
Her journey also includes navigating a persistent challenge for female entrepreneurs: access to investment. Eloments successfully raised Series A investment in 2019, during a year when just 2.7% of venture capital funding went to female founders.
Julie’s entrepreneurial story has attracted coverage from publications and media including The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Herald Sun and Kochie’s Business Builders. These achievements support a story grounded in firsthand experience of developing products, raising investment, building brands and taking an innovative concept into international retail.
Book Julie Hirsch for your event
Book speaker Julie Hirsch for an energetic and insightful perspective on what modern entrepreneurship can achieve when innovation and impact work together. She draws on her experiences with Eloments, Fairtrade businesses, climate action and youth leadership to demonstrate how organizations can pursue commercial ambitions while making thoughtful choices about their wider impact.
Julie speaks confidently on entrepreneurship, sustainability, ethical business, positive impact, supply chains, Fairtrade, climate change and engaging young people. Her approach is motivational while remaining practical, giving audiences ideas they can apply within their own teams and organizations.
From building a world-first product to securing international retail distribution and championing climate action, Julie Hirsch brings a distinctive combination of entrepreneurial ambition and purpose to the stage. Her keynotes encourage audiences to think differently about innovation, challenge established ways of working and recognize how individual business decisions can contribute to meaningful change.
Customer Reviews
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Through firsthand witness of Julie Hirsh’s leadership skills, I recommend her without qualification for any fundraising, public relations, or media position. Her diverse skill set qualifies her for a variety of positions in communications and business development. We have worked together as journalists at La Vista Newspaper and business partners at Reputation's Records. Working with Julie has been a joy in the many years I have known her. Julie’s diligence, creativity and sense of humor make her a key member of any collaborative team. I highly recommend Julie as a welcome addition to any organization hoping to benefit from such a diverse and well-honed skill set.
Sony Salzman Coordinating Producer @ ABC News I Emmy Award Winning Journalist I Host
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I had the pleasure of working alongside Julie Hirsch during the Fall of 2012. While I directed the fundraising sector of our office, Julie managed the electoral campaign for Grassroots Voter Outreach. Not only was Julie absolutely meticulous in all the foundational and logistical aspects of running her campaign, her passion for running the campaign and motivating her staff could only be described as unrivaled. I watched as she met, and exceeded her campaign's voter outreach numerical goals, worked with her staff to develop their skills and mold them into leaders, and get unregistered citizens to understand the importance of voting in such an important election by engaging in face-to-face outreach herself. Julie is hard-working, intelligent, solution-oriented, and extremely organized. She is very knowledgable on political and social issues, managing projects, and tackling the day-to-day of running what can be seen as a small company. I strongly recommend that any employer bring Julie on board!
Mackenzie Hughes Co-founder @ GoldHue
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Julie was a guest speaker at an event I hosted for The Startup Network as part of the Digital Innovation Futures Festival. She brought incredible energy, prose and professionalism to her part in the proceedings. Her deep industry knowledge and obvious passion for what she does shone through and inspired the audience of entrepreneurs and Startup Founders. I'd absolutely love to share the stage with her again and would highly recommend her for future events.
Dickie Currer-Ganguli Building and Connecting Startup ecosystems across Asia-Pacific 🌏 2 x Founder | Global Keynote Speaker | Investor | Mentor | Board Advisor | Storyteller - Victorian Startup Ecosystem Hero of the Year 2025 🏆
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We reached out to Julie to join our panel discussion at the Future Forte conference, which focuses on advancing gender equity and fulfilling personal and professional aspirations. We were delighted when Julie agreed to participate, and working with her was an absolute pleasure! Julie is truly professional, and such an inspiration. I thoroughly enjoyed gaining insights from her during the panel, and our audience benefited greatly from her incredible perspective. I am very thankful for her involvement, and without a doubt, the panel wouldn't have been as impactful without her. Thank you, Julie! Keep doing the amazing and meaningful work you do!
Javiera P. Olivares Rojas, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher in coral reef management | Conservation Biologist | Equity, Diversity & Inclusion advocate
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Working with Julie in preparation for NAB’s Design Day ‘Beyond Design’ was a joy, her professionalism and enthusiasm were felt even before she stepped in front of our team of 200+ Designers. Julie kicked off the day with highly tailored content, and the engagement and buzz that followed through that day, week and month around "Beyond Innovation: Becoming an Intrapreneur” speaks volumes about the impact she can create in just one hour. Attendees consistently praised the relevance of Julie’s perspective, particularly her unique understanding of operations gained through experience as both a startup entrepreneur in her own business and a Head of Innovation within a large-scale organisation. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with Julie again and would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a keynote speaker who leaves their audience inspired, energised, and ready to act. Thank you again, Julie, for setting our team up for continued growth and success.
Ricky Walker-Rincon Product Design Manager at National Australia Bank
Rated 5.00/5 based on 5 customer reviews
Keynotes
Keynote by speaker Julie Hirsch:
Creating Persistent and Radical Innovation
Beyond product innovation, Julie will discuss how persistent and radical innovation is possible at every level of business and can lead to opportunities for profit and purpose, as well as empowering staff outside the C-Suite.
Julie’s own businesses have proved by creating an ethical supply chain and patent-pending manufacturing process that is the backbone of their product’s success.
Audience takeaways:
Creating a culture that fails forward (or the Duvet policy)
Innovative thinking at every level of business
Building the confidence to become a challenger
Julie’s own businesses have proved by creating an ethical supply chain and patent-pending manufacturing process that is the backbone of their product’s success.
Audience takeaways:
Creating a culture that fails forward (or the Duvet policy)
Innovative thinking at every level of business
Building the confidence to become a challenger
Keynote by speaker Julie Hirsch:
Closing the Gap Between our Goals and our Dreams
As a young female entrepreneur, Julie’s journey in starting and building Eloments Vitamin Teas is proof of what is possible when you set the bar higher.
Many of us have big dreams, those ideas usually start with an ‘I Wish’, that we reduce down to tangible goals based on what we believe is possible. Julie is passionate about expanding our tangible goals to encompass the scale of our dreams.
Audience takeaways:
How to build entrepreneurial bravery
Lived experiences of overcoming barriers as a female founder
Tools to increase the ceiling of what we think is possible
Many of us have big dreams, those ideas usually start with an ‘I Wish’, that we reduce down to tangible goals based on what we believe is possible. Julie is passionate about expanding our tangible goals to encompass the scale of our dreams.
Audience takeaways:
How to build entrepreneurial bravery
Lived experiences of overcoming barriers as a female founder
Tools to increase the ceiling of what we think is possible
Keynote by speaker Julie Hirsch:
Building Impact at Every Level of Business
Every decision was an opportunity for impact, from the warehouse where the goods were stored, the paper in their office to the farms that grew their tea. This creates a powerful environment for staff and leaders to make positive changes within the remit of their roles.
Audience takeaways:
Identifying opportunities for impact from the smallest to the largest decisions
Creating an ecosystem of empowered staff to make ethical decisions
Every person becomes a change-maker every time we spend a dollar
Audience takeaways:
Identifying opportunities for impact from the smallest to the largest decisions
Creating an ecosystem of empowered staff to make ethical decisions
Every person becomes a change-maker every time we spend a dollar
Keynote by speaker Julie Hirsch:
Building the Next Generation of Innovative Entrepreneurs
An interactive presentation to inspire the next young innovator, entrepreneur, and social impact leader, tailored for VCE Year 11 / 12 Students in Business Management, or Secondary Students building their 21st Century Skills.
Julie represents the 1% of businesses started by a female entrepreneur under 30, having founded a Fairtrade tea company that secured shelf in 1500 stores during its first year trading and raised over $1million in equity capital funding.
Your students will enjoy a funny, interactive and educational session that brings to life the concepts in core curriculum through real-world stories told by a Forbes 30 Under 30 list member.
Audience takeaways:
Nurturing the qualities to become a successful entrepreneur
Baking impact into your business model
How to build entrepreneurial bravery by understanding risk
Managing Change through stories from the Global Pandemic
How Julie and her business partner became part of only 2.7% of Venture Capital Funding to go to female founders in 2019, and how we can close that gap
Julie represents the 1% of businesses started by a female entrepreneur under 30, having founded a Fairtrade tea company that secured shelf in 1500 stores during its first year trading and raised over $1million in equity capital funding.
Your students will enjoy a funny, interactive and educational session that brings to life the concepts in core curriculum through real-world stories told by a Forbes 30 Under 30 list member.
Audience takeaways:
Nurturing the qualities to become a successful entrepreneur
Baking impact into your business model
How to build entrepreneurial bravery by understanding risk
Managing Change through stories from the Global Pandemic
How Julie and her business partner became part of only 2.7% of Venture Capital Funding to go to female founders in 2019, and how we can close that gap
Keynote by speaker Julie Hirsch:
Finding Mindfulness In Our Daily Rituals
The Cofounder of Eloments Natural Vitamin Teas, a world-first cuppa that blends Fairtrade teas with nutrient-rich fruit and herbal extracts, Julie helped create a product for the wellbeing of her customers and of the world.
Enjoy a fun, interactive and wellbeing-focused tea tasting with Julie while she shares information on the history and rituals of tea, her own business stories to source the cuppa in your hands, and strategies to identify moments in your day that can draw on your senses and focus your mind.
Audience takeaways:
An interactive Tea Tasting with multiple tea samples provided
Identifying moments in your daily routine to pause for mindfulness
Strategies to focus your mind, through a guided Tea Cupping
An interesting history of tea and functional herbs
Enjoy a fun, interactive and wellbeing-focused tea tasting with Julie while she shares information on the history and rituals of tea, her own business stories to source the cuppa in your hands, and strategies to identify moments in your day that can draw on your senses and focus your mind.
Audience takeaways:
An interactive Tea Tasting with multiple tea samples provided
Identifying moments in your daily routine to pause for mindfulness
Strategies to focus your mind, through a guided Tea Cupping
An interesting history of tea and functional herbs
Debunking IQ in 60 seconds | Julie Hirsch | TEDxMelbourneHighSchool
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