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What career women can learn from actor-filmmaker Elizabeth Banks

“I felt underused. I just knew there was more for me to be doing,” the actress Elizabeth Banks once said about the Hollywood system. A lot of women feel this when sexism or office politics derails their careers. They can draw inspiration and specific pointers from Banks, who used her disenchantment as motivation to start her own production company in 2007 – Brownstone Productions... This month, Banks diversified her financial bets. She became an investor in a woman-led wine venture –...
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Myomo to Present at the Summer Solstice – Best Ideas From the Buy Side Conference

Myomo, Inc., a wearable medical robotics company that offers increased functionality for those suffering from neurological disorders and upper-limb paralysis, today announced that CEO Paul R. Gudonis and CFO David Henry will present at the Summer Solstice – Best Ideas From the Buy Side Conference on June 1, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern time. The conference is sponsored by the Microcap Rodeo and will be held virtually June 1-4, 2021. Read more >>
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Elizabeth Banks joins canned wine company Archer Roose

Leading canned wine company Archer Roose announced that Elizabeth Banks will be joining their team as a co-owner and chief creative officer. Founded in 2014 by Marian Leitner-Waldman and David Waldman, Archer Roose was built on shared passions and values: lively conversations, craftsmanship and a belief that we must all do our part to build a better world. Read more >>
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Is The “Tinder-fication” Of Online Dating Over? S’More Thinks So, And Has The Data To Back It Up

New data gathered by the dating app company S’More suggests that their unique approach to online dating — one that puts chemistry ahead of “hotness” and relationships over casual encounters — may become the new norm in online dating, and some of the biggest players in the industry are getting in on the trend. Surveying 1000 representative American dating app users, ages 18-50, in December of 2020, they found physical attraction was no longer rated as the most important factor...
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Corbus Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Two Abstracts at EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc., a clinical-stage drug development company pioneering transformative medicines that target the endocannabinoid system, today announced the publication of two abstracts at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) 2021 Virtual Congress that will be taking place June 2-5, 2021. Read more >>
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Legally blind Titusville woman uses high-tech camera goggles to see the world

Elledge, 66, who had polio as a child and is legally blind, suffers from optic atrophy. There is no effective treatment, and she can no longer see from her right eye. Elledge's husband, Mike, served as “the gatherer” and “the gopher” who did all the shopping while she stayed with the cart. Distraught and frustrated, she asked Mike to try to find something to help her see. He searched online and found eSight. Read more >>
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