Chris Edwards is an award-winning serial entrepreneur who started her first business, Honeycombers, in 2008 at the age of 28. Honeycombers is now the go-to lifestyle resource for locals, expats and tourists across Singapore, Hong Kong and Bali. She has also created a parenting platform called HoneyKids Asia. Collectively, there are over 1 million monthly unique readers of Honeycombers' content across Southeast Asia.
She started coaching entrepreneurs, and from this experience, she saw the need for a community for conscious entrepreneurs, so she created Launchpad in 2022. An entrepreneurial community designed to help small businesses thrive through community, peer mentoring and coaching, Launchpad has over 400 members from across 11 countries today.
Chris was recognised in 2016 for her entrepreneurial success by the Australia Chamber of Commerce, winning the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award (which was totally unsolicited!). She also has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes Australia, Tech In Asia, Smart Company and The AustCham magazine.
Now, she runs 4 companies across 4 countries and hosts a podcast called Good Business where she interviews impact-led founders. Chris spends her time split between Singapore, Hong Kong, Bali, and Byron Bay, Australia, where she lives with her husband and three kids.
Location: Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
Credentials: Bachelor of Commerce - BComm, Marketing, MBA, AGSM
Alumni of: University of New South Wales, Sydney
Expertise: Business Management, Marketing, Digital Marketing, Community Management, Business Advisory
Awards and Achievements:
⭐️ Speaker at Business Show Asia 2024
⭐️ Featured on Smart Company: The secret weapon of a small business (and how to use it), 2024
⭐️ Featured on Balance The Grind: Balancing Act: Chris Edwards on Building Businesses and Living Life, 2024
⭐️ Speaker at General Assembly’s [Made in Singapore] Proudly Local Going Global (Online), 2023
⭐️ Featured on Forbes Australia: When it’s time to walk away from your business, 2023
⭐️ Featured on Hive Life: Honeycombers Founder Chris Edwards Talks Media, Entrepreneurship, and How She is Fostering a Thriving Start, 2022
⭐️ Entrepreneur of the Year Award – Australia Chamber of Commerce Singapore, 2016
⭐️ Featured on New York Times: Getting It Just Right for the Web, 2016
⭐️ Featured on Tech in Asia: Pregnancy didn’t stop this entrepreneur from bringing her media startup to $1M revenue, 2015