Last Thursday on the 19th of September we had set up the Food for Thought lunch a little different then usual: this time we introduced two women entrepreneurs, Caroline Hancox, photographer, and Saskia van Ooijen, videographer, to come, introduce themselves and… make pictures and video’s right after lunch! It...
Stay in your own lane! I decided to participate in Terri Creeden’s workshop about being brave both out of curiosity and because the following question in the event’s description intrigued me: Do you find yourself turning down, delaying or hesitating on actions in your work or life that feel...
Author: Pamela Gómez Benítez Another year has gone by and we celebrated it at PWG. On the 14th of December we had our last meeting of the year and also our End Year celebration. We’ve met at the very same Fossil headquarters in Basel! (How cool is that?) Martín...
What an amazing evening with Emily Yaffe, director and founder of the International Community Music School Basel (ICMS). Emily, an American from Virginia, found herself in Basel with a vision to create a space that would go beyond teaching music. With a strong desire to provide high quality music...
Beatrix and I met for a casual interview over lunch the other day at the elegant Birseckerhof, one of the restaurants in Basel that offer her “m-eating-table” service. The participating restaurants, like the Birseckerhof, reserve a table for anyone who happens to be eating alone and looking for company,...
After hearing about Tanja’s worldly career path, the most unlikely place she could currently be working would be the most familiar of all locations: Basel. Originally from Basel, Tanja studied History, Communications- and Media Sciences, and European Ethnology at the Universität Basel with a professional focus on Journalism or...
It is our tradition at PWG to be a part of Expat Expo – a Switzerland's English Speaking Expo. Of course, we want to introduce PWG to Expat Expo visitors but Expat Expo is not only about PWG. Every year we try to make Expat Expo about our members...
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I met Shabih Zaidi last Thursday over a tea, and about an hour into our chat, I discovered she is also a painter. One wonders how a coach and mother of three finds time to paint while finishing up a PhD dissertation and setting up her own business, but...
The July Women Entrepreneurship Meeting took place in a very special location. 1Fach Basel – Güterstrasse 97, 4053 Basel, just behind SBB. Stephanie Stadermann is the founder, owner and person with the idea. A store for people who do not have a store – to sell their self made...
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