About - Stella Labs Business Accelerator

About Us

Mission

Stella Labs’ mission is to inspire, equip, and propel female founders to successfully plans, launch, and scale their original businesses, thus positively impacting their local, national and global economies.

Vision

Women worldwide have access to mentors, education, a support system, and capital that will ignite female-led innovation.

Values

We achieve our mission through our core values:

Innovation
Experiential education
Community
Collaboration
Support
Sustainability
Lean Enterprise
Integrity

HERA LABS IMPACT

132 STARTUPS. Empowered 132 female founders to launch their startups through access to educational programs, mentoring & funding; promoting innovation.

203 SCALED. Facilitated 203 women business owners to take their businesses to the “next level” through education, accountability & goal-setting.

123 JOBS CREATED. Equipped female business owner with growth goals, thus helped create 122.5 new jobs.

140 MENTORS. Promoted culture of collaboration & a shared female economy, 140 mentors have assisted our alumni “next level.”

$1.19M RAISED. Connected angel investors to female founders, helped raise more than $1 million in angel funds.

54% MOMPRENEURS. Alumnae is made up of more than 54% mompreneurs,

Our Board

Andrea Giralt Board Member
Laurie Itkin Board Member
Navrina Singh Board Member
Briana Weisinger Board Member
Silvia Mah Executive Director

Our Team

Silvia Mah Executive Director
Raven O’Neal Director of Marketing
Sat Wilensky Program Director
April Enriquez Director of PR

Our Instructors

Rebecca Tall Brown Marketing Strategy
Tracy Petrucci Digital Marketing
April Enriquez PR
Samara Hakim Culture & Business Metrics
Janelle Doll Operations

Meredith Gronroos Business Development/Sales
Vanessa Elle Vision Boarding/Female Presence

Our EIRs (Entrepreneurs in Residence)

Natalia Robert Photographer
Nichole MacDonald Consumer Product
Samantha Urban Tech /UX/UI Design
Danielle Rowley EdTech
Ana Bermudez App Development/Tech