Category Archives: Vision

Latina Women Make Great Angel Investors

On June 23, 2016, we had the delight of hosting Valentina Vitols for our Hera Fund Wingpact Conversation. Monthly Hera Fund Wingpact Conversations are convened by Silvia Mah, Founder of Hera Fund and Hera Labs, and Suzanne Andrews, Founding Partner of Wingpact. Valentina Vitols is a Latina angel investor, … Continue reading

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Circles of Nurturing Women Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors

I have noticed that women love mentoring. We love seeing the best in someone and we are good at drawing that potential out. We desire to share our hard-learned lessons so that others can skip over our mistakes and progress … Continue reading

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Concrete Steps for Advancing Diversity in the Women’s Startup Ecosystem

On April 28, 2016, we held a Hera Fund Wingpact Founder Funder Conversation, with the topic of, “Diversity in Women’s Entrepreneurship and Investing.” We were led by special guests Jackie Gutierrez, Founder and CEO of Cloud & Clover, and Lilibeth … Continue reading

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Turning Women Investors’ Risk Tolerance to Advantage

On Thursday, March 24, 2016, we held our second monthly Hera Fund Wingpact Founder Funder Conversation. We featured Silvia Armitano Mah on the topic of “Busting the Myth of Risk Tolerance in the Female Investor.” Women angel investors are often … Continue reading

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Women’s Ecosystem: Fish or Mammals?

It is important for women to gather and take a high-level look at the world we are building together. Last Thursday, we convened the first Wingpact Luncheon[i] for this purpose. Our discussion topic was, “The Women’s Ecosystem: Where We Are … Continue reading

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It’s Time for a New African Narrative

At the She Leads Africa SheHive, in Lagos, Nigeria Sept 25, 2015 I’ve been back from Nigeria for a week now and have had some time to reflect. As you may know, I recently joined the Tour of Tech 2015, … Continue reading

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Women Investors Retreat

Six passionate, intelligent, high-impact women, on retreat in the mountains of Lake Tahoe, drinking wine, doing yoga, discussing the meaning of success and brainstorming how to make a lot of money while creating a better future for all of the … Continue reading

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Revolution in the Valley

Dear Friends, I am honored to be featured in this Huffington Post piece, along with Jackie Speier, Kay Koplovitz, and Ari Horie.  I love how Julie Barnes doesn’t mince words regarding how serious women are about crashing through barriers and creating … Continue reading

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Impact With Wings

Well, now I have two blogs! Check out my new post on the “other” blog. As you may know, I am writing a book with a group of amazing women that I met in the Pipeline Fellowship. We were so … Continue reading

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Hard Conversations for Women Angels

It’s a heady time in the women’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, with so many women stepping up to create the kind of future we want to live in. Not only does the number of women entrepreneurs continue to grow, we have an … Continue reading

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