WOMEN'S ENTREPRENEURSHIP DAY (WED) IS A DAY ON WHICH THE WORK OF WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IS OBSERVED AND DISCUSSED, HELD ON THE NINETEENTH OF NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR, GLOBALLY. THIS IS A UNITED NATIONS INITIATIVE.
In SAN DIEGO, we are celebrating witha keynote, panels, and speed dating.
Our goal: CONNECT.COLLABORATE.CREATE with our women entrepreneur community - get-give advice & support, make friends, partners, and simply get to meet incredible people (you should know anyway)!
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Forbes 10 Female Entrepreneurs in San Diego to Watch
Felena is a long-time entrepreneur and marketing maven. Her latest venture, Hera Hub, is a spa-inspired shared workspace and community for female entrepreneurs. This as-needed, flexible work and meeting space provides a productive environment for growing businesses. Hera Hub members have access to a professional space to meet with clients and to connect and collaborate with like-minded business owners, thus giving them the support they need to be prosperous. The business supports hundreds of freelancers, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits in over 16 industry segments.
Felena and Hera Hub have been featured in Inc Magazine, the BBC News, Forbes, and the New York Times. After building three successful locations, she franchised the business and is expanding across the United States. Her next goal is to support over 20,000 women in the launch and growth of their business by 2020.
Winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration growth accelerator fund at The White House Demo Day
Dr. Silvia Mah is the CEO of Hera-Labs, a business accelerator for women-owned small businesses, founding partner of Hera Fund, an angel group for female angels investing in female founders and emerging fund, and an angel investor in female-focused endeavors. She is originally from Caracas, Venezuela, is an advocate for special needs children, enjoys traveling with her husband, and delights in beach days with her 3 children.
Forbes 10 Female Entrepreneurs in San Diego to Watch
Geek Girl Camps are workshops, seminars and conferences that help women ages eight to 88 get involved in all things tech. From how to create a pdf to how to code Ruby on Rails, Geek Girl Camps are designed to really get women interested and involved in tech. Originally from the east coast, Leslie has been in San Diego for two years and has been heavily involved in the startup scene by hosting Women in Tech panels, Startup Weekends and the like.
Ana Bermudez is a leader, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of TAGit - the mobile app that TV viewers use to buy fashion from their favorite TV shows. Ana is an award-winning CEO and public speaker with awards from the Hera Labs Fast Pitch, Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch, the
FundingPost Pitch competition, and most notably, the 2015 Technology Entrepreneurship Award from the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Foundation. Ana is passionate about leading with purpose, serving her community, and promoting literacy and higher education in under-served communities. Ana currently serves as President of the San Diego High School Foundation, and sits on the Board of the University of Notre Dame Institute for Latino Studies.
Emma Cruz is with Angel Ventures, a Venture Capital firm that seeks to link great ideas with capital. AV’s main objective is to provide intelligent capital. Angel Ventures add value to every investment we make by promoting its development through continuous monitoring, connecting entrepreneurs to our network of investors and providing range of services to entrepreneurs including mentorship.
Emma Cruz is the World Economic Forum's Global Shaper Curator in Tijuana, Mexico.
Candace Klein is with Dealstruck. The Dealstruck lending marketplace connects profitable, small- and medium-sized businesses with individual and institutional accredited investors. Unlike the one-size-fits-all approach offered to them by banks and the high-cost, short-term credit offered to them by alternative lenders, Dealstruck provides more patient growth capital that allows businesses time to plan and execute for maximum success. Dealstruck is the first to combine thorough credit screening on business borrowers and to allow investors the freedom to choose specific investments so they can build a customized portfolio that meets their own preferences on risk, return, industry and size.
Kathy David, President & CEO of IT TechPros, Inc., is considered one of the top outsourced Information Technology solutions & service provider in the country. IT TechPros specializes in IT services, IT solutions, cloud services (Office 365, Hosted Exchange, Hosted Server, BDR), managed security, managed services, Hosted PBX, software technology, and provides enterprise technology to small businesses in the manufacturing, engineering, and professional industries.
Nicole Rodrigues hails from Silicon Valley and resides in Silicon Beach - naturally making her a very tech savvy entertainment publicist. Her extensive knowledge in bridging the gap between the technology and entertainment industries makes her extremely valuable to her team. She has more than 15 years of experience in PR and digital marketing. Clients that have benefited from her counsel and skill include Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dolby, Yahoo!, MobiTV, Sony Playstation, Plantronics, Hulu, Hallmark Instant Streaming, Dailymotion, SGN, M-GO, Toon Hero, Demand Media, and other dominant companies.
Asha Dahya is the creator and founder of an online community which aims to inspire and empower young women between 18-35. We do this by sharing and creating content that is inspiring, empowering and positive. GIRL TALK HQ is filling the gap that has been left behind by Oprah Winfrey and 'The View' generation to create something meaningful and lasting. We want to raise up role models and bring awareness to different women out there who are being overlooked by mainstream media. We will give the every-day woman and young girl a voice through our site.
Regina Bernal is a millennial with accomplishments and awards beyond her years. Regina Bernal leads and enhances major Entrepreneurship opportunities at USD including the V2 Pitch Competition, the Legacy Entrepreneurship Conference, and the coaching and mentoring program for student entrepreneurs. Having grown up on both sides of the border, she mentors US and Latin American startups. She moves so fast, we suspect her blood type is caffeine but know that she is fueled by all things entrepreneurial on both sides of the border.
Sneha Jayaprakash is the founder of Giventure. Giventure is an app that applies game design and social networking toward community service. Sneha Jayaprakash won over $27,000 in funding from the Microsoft Challenge for Change, Microsoft Imagine Fund, UCSD Social Innovation Fund, Zahn Prize Social Innovation Open Challenge, E-Challenge, and USD Social Innovation Challenge.
Skyler is redefining the standard of beauty in America as a personal stylist, public speaker, wonder woman and founder of Le Red Balloon. Driven by the lackluster stereotypical portrayal of women in the media, she leads workshops for teenage girls and professional women around conscious media consumption, leadership,self-acceptance, personal branding, and of course, style. Skyler’s passion for fostering leadership and courage in young women led her to invitation to TEDx, SD Business Journal “Emerging Generation Award” and her recent invitation to attend the Forbes Under 30 Summit as Swiss Luxury watch brand’ Baume & Mercier’s guest of distinction. She is a native San Diegan and received her BA in Communication Studies from Loyola Marymount University and MA in Organizational Management from Ashford University.
Executive Director at Cali Baja Bi-National Mega-Region. The Mega-Region Initiative is a long-term economic development strategy partnering San Diego County, Imperial County and Baja California in Mexico for global competition. The Cali Baja Bi-National Mega-Region Initiative brings together businesses, civic and government leaders to assess the advantages and challenges of doing business in the bi-national region, and ultimately market the region internationally.
Director for Baja California at Endeavor. Endeavor is leading the global movement to catalyze long-term economic growth by selecting, mentoring and accelerating the best high-impact entrepreneurs around the world.
Team member at Calibaja Binational Mega Region. The Mega-Region Initiative is a long-term economic development strategy partnering San Diego County, Imperial County and Baja California in Mexico for global competition. The Cali Baja Bi-National Mega-Region Initiative brings together businesses, civic and government leaders to assess the advantages and challenges of doing business in the bi-national region, and ultimately market the region internationally.
COO, Co-founder at Giventure. At Giventure, we champion making good a daily habit! Moreover, we seek to make social awareness and community service continuously relevant. Together with my co-founders, Giventure has been built and structured into a team of 10 strong, passionate team members. With the software development team, we have designed and developed a mobile and web application integrating game design and social networking to emphasize the importance of giving back to local communities.
CEO/Co-founder @ Solenica at Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator. Solenica builds smart natural lighting systems with an Italian design that are beautiful, affordable and easy-to-use. Solenica's designer robot "Lucy" is a smart lighting systems that is able to bend sunlight into your home or office bringing healthy natural lighting wherever you need. Lucy is solar powered, has no wires and no installation is required. As Lucy grows up, she will become part of the connected home and by intelligently substituting artificial light with sunlight, she will reduce your energy consumption, save money, and make you healthier.
WED SD - Global Shaper Team!