Silvia Mah discusses Accelerator Programs

This week on ‘The Angel Next Door’ we talk with a female investor who is making a huge impact on other female entrepreneurs and investors. Marcia Dawood interviews Dr. Silvia Mah, PhD, MBA who is an accelerator, fellow Angel Investor, and advocate for diverse founders.
Join us as these two female leaders in business discuss why we need more female angel investors today and how women investors invest 2x as much in female entrepreneurs than men do.
Silvia tells us what an accelerator is, how the process works and how an Angel investor can be a mentor/advisor to these accelerator programs as a way to get experience with entrepreneurs before deciding to make your first investment.
We discuss how Stella Labs was born to help build women's confidence in investing through education. She also tells us about a recent big exit story she had from one of her investments that turned into a big financial return and how it is important to be patient in these types of ventures.
Silvia also shares some great insight from another fellow angel investor Lorine Pendleton, Esq, which are the 3 C’s for Capital: Financial Capital, Relational Capital, and Expertise Capital. Use your network, use your expertise and your funding as the 3 sources of capital that an investor can serve to an entrepreneur.
This episode is one you won’t want to miss and truly shows why it is so important to back the companies that we want to see change in the world!