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INCREDIBLE KIDS OF SAN DIEGO

Hera Venture

Summit Experience

By Sofia Mah
Photos Courtesy of Sofia Mah

“The Hera Venture Sum- someone who is just starting with a heart for the Lord and since then, been featured on
mit brings together women their business?” I love meet- a sharp businesswoman. Erin K-Love as an inspirational
from all over San Diego to ing everyone who attends is someone who inspires me. speaker and now considering
collaborate and find ways the Hera Venture Summit, Erin is the author and CEO of doing a TV series from the
to support each other and from female angel investors, the series, Bible Belles. Bible books she authored. I love
work together,” says, Summer women venture capitalists Belles teaches valuable stories creative writing, and I am so
Rogers, Startup CEO, Serial and female founders; feeling to young girls about staying blessed to have interviewed
Entrepreneur. I had a won- inspired by each and every true to who you are. Bible Erin, an inspiring author, and
derful opportunity to inter- one of them. Belles also teaches lessons of see what a beautiful woman
view inspiring woman entre- “For me, the pitches that being kind, loving, forgiving, she is.
preneurs and angel investors stand out the most are the encouraging, caring, and Another person who in-
for the past three years at ones that start right away more. Bible Belles has always spired me at the Hera Venture
the Hera Venture Summit. with solving a problem," encouraged me to be myself. Summit and someone who
These women gather from says Regina Bernal, TEDx I was so fortunate to be able inspires me every day is my
all over San Diego and come Speaker, and USD entrepre- to interview and talk to Erin mom, Dr. Silvia Mah, Found-
together at the Hera Ven- neur manager. This advice about her business. “As a er of Hera Labs and Hera
ture Summit to collaborate, could be applied anywhere. mom, as a teacher, and as a Angels. “My highest achieve-
learn, and network together. Whether you're giving a pitch coach I just really felt called ment as an investor is today
I am so overjoyed to be able amongst a vast audience, or to come alongside the next because it's the Hera Venture
to interview all the amazing you're just giving a speech at generation of girls and really Summit! We get to talk about
ladies who come to the Hera school as to why you would give them inspiration, and awesome things, we get to
Venture Summit. I get to ask be the best student council understanding of what real talk about our portfolios. We
questions like, “What is the member. beauty is around these female can ask one another, how can
passion and purpose behind I was so honored to heroes”, says Erin Weidmann, we help each other out? How
your business?” or “What interview Erin Weidmann; founder, and C-Encourage- can we help each other’s start-
advice would you give to a fabulous startup founder ment-O, Bible Belles. She has, up,” says Silvia Mah. Even as
you walk down the halls of
the Hera Venture Summit,
you can hear people collab-
orating, networking, sharing
ideas, and you can listen to
people discovering ways to
improve their business. In-
terviewing powerful women
who make a huge impact is a
wonderful experience filled
with opportunity, even for a
young woman like me. It has
challenged me to reach for
my dreams, all the sparkling
stars, even though they may
seem to be galaxies away.

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