Wingpact co-authors with special guest, Geri Stengel There has been exciting progress for Wingpact in recent weeks. This past Tuesday evening, we had our in-person monthly meeting, and it was highly productive, as well as extremely fun and energizing. All six of us were able to attend this time. This is very unusual, with everyone’s general activity level and crazy schedules. So we were positively giddy...

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Invigorating mountain air, warm friendships, inspired minds, and women unified in their dedication to make the world a better place. It was as refreshing and empowering as weekends come.  I want to thank the Wingpact team for coming together and collaborating so easily on our goals and mission. Our paths first crossed last fall in San Francisco; one year later we were on...

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A week today, we had our first Wingpact investor retreat hosted at Karen's new home in Lake Tahoe. As my fellow peers mentioned on their blogposts, we relaxed and enjoyed each other's company over delicious home-cooked meals and wine. It was also a chance to catch up and convene to accomplish what I consider our second milestone since Wingpact's inception: the incorporation of our company. It was nice to...

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This is how an all-female angel group does an investor's retreat. It includes outdoor morning yoga in the middle of the woods, mothering a 2-year old boy and cooking a mean breakfast, lunch and dinner. Our sun salutation yoga breathing in deeply the fresh smell of pine woods revitalized our minds and souls. We got down to business right after a big breakfast...

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Emma Watson’s riveting speech at the United Nations for the He for She Campaign has made its way on different social media channels. She made a big emphasis on the lack of opportunities - educational, career or otherwise- for girls and women, especially in developing countries. We at Wingpact fight a similar battle in our home in Silicon Valley. We’ve read numerous articles...

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Another re-blog from Suzanne Andrew's Bring Your Own Table:  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 increasing pool of women investors, mentors, incubators, and support organizations. However, things are not perfect in this growing...

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Sharing this blog article originally posted on Suzanne Andrew's blog, Bring Your Own Table. As a women angel investor, I am interested in how I can support women entrepreneurs in ways they don’t typically experience with male funders.  I have asked women entrepreneurs the question a number of times:  How can we as women angel investors support you better?  The answer that I...

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Yes, our team is on our way to writing a book! The book writing process is definitely exciting, but just like any other project, we, the Impact with Wings team, have to come up with SMART goals and a marketing strategy. Marketing a book is foreign to many marketers, especially those who are not in the publishing industry or who have not written...

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Last night, I attended the CFA Society of San Francisco’s Women Initiative Network’s event on Gender Lens Investing. It was an enlightening event – not only was there a great group of women in attendance but also for the first time, I realized how many women CFAs there are in San Francisco. Where have these ladies been?!?! Is everyone hanging out without me?...

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