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Boston, MA, June 06, 2023 –(PR.com)– PharmStars, the pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups, is now accepting applications for its Fall 2023 cohort around the theme “Digital Innovations in Therapeutic Delivery: Supply Chain to the Patient Interface.” Startups with a digital product or prototype in the theme area are invited to apply by July 10, 2023.

The cohort is open to startups with digital health solutions that pharma can use to innovate therapeutic supply chain management, medication delivery, or the patient-drug experience for small molecules, biologics, or advanced therapies.

PharmStars seeks to bridge the “pharma-startup gap” by helping pharmaceutical firms and startups overcome cultural and other barriers to create productive partnerships, leading to greater success and faster adoption of digital solutions that improve patient outcomes. PharmStars’ unique PharmaU program provides education and intensive, personalized mentoring to help startups work more effectively with pharma.

“PharmStars is a fast-track MBA in pharma,” said Spring 2022 accelerator graduate David van Zuydam, CEO of Head Diagnostics (Dublin, Ireland).

PharmStars’ members will have priority access to the startups that complete the accelerator program. The program will culminate with a private Showcase Event in Boston in November 2023, at which each startup will present to and meet one-on-one with PharmStars’ pharma member companies.

“Our members have selected and shaped this cohort’s focus on the opportunity to innovate around the patient-drug interface. They are eager to work with startups with innovation in drug delivery platforms, medication supply chain efficiency and sustainability, and medication management,” said Naomi Fried, PharmStars’ founder and CEO.

The Fall 2023 program will be PharmStars’ fifth cohort. Forty-seven digital health startups have successfully graduated from the program since it launched in June 2021. Startups of all sizes have benefited from the program.

“Despite having collaborated with pharma companies for years, PharmaU was tremendously valuable to dive deep into the science and business of drug development, and has reframed our perspective on where and how we can add value and impact pharma,” explained Zainab Doctor, Vice President of Product at nference (Cambridge, MA) and Fall 2022 graduate.

Fall 2022 cohort graduate Sameer Sontakey, CEO of Biostrap (Los Angeles, CA), said, “Graduating from PharmStars has opened the door for us to so many great opportunities and partnerships, and we’re looking forward to continuing to build upon what we learned during those ten weeks!”

Applications for the Fall 2023 accelerator program and additional details are available now on the PharmStars’ website. PharmStars is also currently accepting a limited number of additional pharma and biotech members for 2023. Membership information can be found here.

About PharmStars
PharmStars is the member-based, pharma-focused accelerator for digital health startups. Through our extensive expertise across pharma, startups, digital health, and innovation, we understand the challenges that pharma and startups face when seeking to collaborate. Our PharmaU program supports digital health startups and our pharma members in “bridging the gap,” leading to greater success and faster patient adoption of “beyond the molecule” solutions.

Contact PharmStars
info@pharmstars.com
Phone (617) 333-8723
www.PharmStars.com

Austin, TX, September 28, 2022 –(PR.com)– Epique Realty is a modern agent-owned tech startup brokerage already defined by their “insane benefits,” as described on their wildly popular Instagram page (@epiquerealty). With unheard of benefits like Free Professional Listing Photography, Free Yard Signs, Free Leads, and even a Free Car Wash Membership, it’s little surprise to those in the industry that the startup would try and revolutionize Traditional Advertising as well.

“We’re already known as a tech-driven company, but traditional advertising is not dead and still works for many of our agents. We’re always looking for ways to help our agents get ahead in a competitive market,” said Joshua Miller, CEO of Epique Realty.

Digital billboards have exploded in growth over the last 4 years fueled by marketing companies that now allow instant access to signage uploads. It only takes users minutes to upload a simple graphic and see their sign showing in their location of choice.

“We have set it up so that billboards are a part of our onboarding process. Once an agent onboards with our company, they’ll have their billboard up within 24 hours of joining,” added Miller. This is in stark contrast to the approach taken by many other Brokerages. Only a few Real Estate brokerages have any billboards at all, and even then, most are branding boards promoting the company, not the agent. Individual agents have long been expected to buy their own marketing ads, whether traditional or online.

“The fact that we as a small brokerage can do this, along with our other offerings, means that other large brokerages can afford to do it as well, but just aren’t. Agents have been overlooked by their brokers who treat them like ATMs and that’s just not our approach. We’re an agent-owned company and because of that, our commitment is first and foremost to our agents and investing in their business,” said Miller.

There are currently digital billboards for Epique in the Dallas, Ft. Worth area, Arlington, Greater Houston, The Woodlands & Conroe, Austin, and the San Antonio Metroplex, with many more to come. “We hope to have billboards for our agents all over the state,” said Janice Delcid, Chief Operating Officer of Epique Realty, adding that, “It’s exciting to see them and to see agents take pictures with their boards and share them on social media.”

Epique Realty is a Texas-Based Real Estate Brokerage based in Austin, Texas.

Roselle, NJ, September 28, 2022 –(PR.com)– Uncommon Education, a new business that teaches children soft and technical skills for success and fulfillment, is taking enrollments with ongoing year-round programs.

“Working as a financier, I realized there was a gap in our education system that needed to be filled,” said Agustina Burgos, founder of Uncommon Education. “So I created a program that was focused on teaching children Financial Literacy, Entrepreneurship, Economics, and soft skills for success such as Communication and Emotional Intelligence.”

The program was founded 1 year ago and students are loving the interactive, practical, and easy to follow curriculum.

The program has 5 Levels so far, starting at Elementary age and finishing with a level for 17-18 year olds which gets them ready with mentorship and knowledge of investing, real estate, contracts, a plan or success, a resume and cover letter.

“We want to provide kids with a path to happiness, success, and fulfillment by providing an education they won’t get anywhere else and acquiring life-changing skills,” Agusina Burgos said. “We know that the skills we teach are important no matter what career a child chooses, as no matter what they choose, they will have to deal with money, insurance, taxes, and all the real life skills that school does not teach.”

For more information on the program or to register, visit www.uncommoneducation.us

Las Vegas, NV, September 29, 2022 –(PR.com)– Boost Business Plans was created by Downtown Las Vegas local Rachel Johnson. She has worked in the finance world in a vast variety of industries for over 25 years and has specialized in writing for the Cannabis industry for over 10 years. She and has assisted Cannabis industry consultants, legal firms, application writers and clients with winning city, county and state licensing across the country. She has also written business plans for EB5 Investment projects, SBA lending, grants, angel investors, venture capitalists and much more.

Her services offered are:

– Full business plan narrative with market analysis and research.
– Full financial pro forma with 3 or 5 year projections.
– Downloadable pro forma templates for every Cannabis business model
Consulting.

In addition, after years of working in the Cannabis industry writing business plans and financial pro formas, she now has created easy to use specialized Cannabis financial pro forma templates and have made them officially available on her website. The following templates that are are now available are good for startup:

– Dispensaries
– Manufacturing/Extraction
– Cultivation
– Social Consumption Lounges – New

Anyone can go to www.boostbusinessplans.com/templates and download today in order to assist in starting their business.

And of course, if you need a full Cannabis business plan and financial pro forma for a license or for investor capital raising, she is more than happy to help.

Boston, MA, October 02, 2022 –(PR.com)– The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has chosen the Fish Family Foundation and the Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation to receive NACCE’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes both foundations’ entrepreneurial mindset and commitment to equity, demonstrated through their respective roles in the expansion of the “Learn & Earn” program (L&E) at Bunker Hill Community College(BHCC) in Boston, MA.

The award was announced today during NACCE’s annual conference in Boston, where NACCE celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. NACCE was founded on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA in 2002.

About Learn & Earn
BHCC’s Learn and Earn Program promotes equity in the types of internships offered to students, how they are recruited and placed, and which students can participate. In 2017, the Fish Family Foundation approached BHCC to consider expanding the L&E program to non-profits. The program had been successful but was limited in terms of student participation and corporate involvement. The foundation funded a pilot with a commitment to further fund the program based on the results, including sustainable funding from other philanthropic sources.

The Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation expressed interest in funding a program that would lead community college graduates to meaningful jobs and careers. Together, these two funders enabled BHCC to establish a program that increases opportunities for all students. With funding secured, the L&E staff expanded and refined its recruitment efforts, changing the model to be more proactive and including personal email outreach to students who took courses with skills aligned to specific jobs. In addition to promoting equity in the types of internships offered and how students are recruited, the program exposes BHCC students to a broad segment of businesses, especially those that could not otherwise afford to pay intern salaries.

“Together, these two funders enabled BHCC to expand opportunities to all students,” said Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D., president and CEO of NACCE. “The inclusion of students and access to education and entrepreneurial pursuits are part of NACCE’s founding principles, and we wholeheartedly embrace and acknowledge the diligence and generosity of both of these prestigious foundations.”

Fish Family Foundation Director of Strategic Initiatives Jennie Segel represented the foundation at the award ceremony.

“The Fish Family Foundation has long been a supporter of the incredible work at Bunker Hill Community College,” said Segel. “We focus our philanthropy on providing opportunities for underserved populations, especially immigrants, who are often left out of the networks and job opportunities of their peers. This program strengthens the sector by introducing enthusiastic students to the critical work done by non-profit organizations. We were lucky to have a partnership with BHCC president Pam Eddinger and others at the college who listened to our ideas and found ways to turn them into meaningful programs.”

Accepting the award on behalf of the Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation, was Austin Gilliland, dean of BHCC’s Division of Professional Studies.

“The Jacobs Foundation believes that vigorous innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit are key elements in strategies to help historically marginalized community college students succeed in 21st century careers,” said Jill Jacobs, a trustee of the Jacobs Foundation. “Paid internship programs such as Learn & Earn provide irreplaceable learning experiences as well as mentoring and networking for students embarking on their new careers. We are honored to be chosen for this award, but truthfully, we believe the credit should go to President Eddinger and her excellent team who make these programs such a success.”

“On behalf of Bunker Hill Community College, I want to congratulate the Herb and Maxine Jacobs Foundation and the Fish Family Foundation on this well-deserved recognition. We are honored to partner with both foundations to bring high-quality, equitable, and living-wage earning internships to community college students,” said Pam Eddinger, Ph.D. “These foundations recognize that the chance to learn and earn provides a critical boost to our students and employers seeking skilled, motivated, and educated workers.”

“NACCE’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes inventive leadership and dedication to local communities and is presented to individuals and organizations that have played a pivotal role in the community through their support of civic and philanthropic activities,” said Corbin. “This year’s selection of these two foundations is based on the many contributions they have made to students and the local communities served by the college.”

About NACCE
NACCE is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents, and entrepreneurs focused on igniting entrepreneurship in their communities and campuses. NACCE has two main goals: to empower college leaders to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset and to augment the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystems. NACCE has over 340 member colleges, representing nearly 2,000 members and approximately 3.3 million students. For more information, visit www.nacce.com. Follow us on Twitter at @NACCE, like us on Facebook, and join our LinkedIn group.

About Bunker Hill Community College
Bunker Hill Community College is the largest community college in Massachusetts, enrolling approximately 18,000 students annually. BHCC has two campuses in Charlestown and Chelsea, and a number of other locations throughout the Greater Boston area. BHCC is one of the most diverse institutions of higher education in Massachusetts. Sixty-five percent of the students are people of color and more than half of BHCC’s students are women. The college also enrolls nearly 600 international students who come from 94 countries and speak more than 75 languages. For more information, visit www.bhcc.edu.

Hollywood, FL, October 03, 2022 –(PR.com)– Social commerce platform Nillio is pleased to announce its partnership with leading retail research company Coresight Research to power its third annual 10.10 shopping.

10.10 is an annual, purpose-driven livestream shopping festival that connects consumers with brands and retailers to jump-start the holiday shopping season with special deals and exclusive offerings, while giving back to charity. The festival this year builds on the success of the 2021 10.10 festival that featured more than 30 retailers and more than 10 charities.

According to Coresight Research’s 2022 US social commerce survey, 65% of US consumers use social media as part of the shopping process, and 60% of those use social media to research and discover products in the clothing, footwear and accessories category—the highest among all categories.

Nillio is breaking new ground in social commerce with the first platform that empowers influencers to sell a curation of products directly to their followers in a multi-brand social store. By working with Nillio, brands and retailers align interests with influencers, empowering them to create social stores and generate high commissions from selling branded products.

Deborah Weinswig, CEO and Founder of Coresight Research, said, “As brands and retailers face an inflationary environment following the pandemic, they are reinventing their business to stimulate demand and drive conversion. Shopping festivals provide great deals and special offers to consumers to help them cope with inflation and prepare for the holiday season. And cost-effective marketing methods such as livestream shopping and social commerce are ideal channels for brands and retailers to not only drive revenue, but also create deeper connections with their consumers, enhance brand and product education, reduce return rates and increase customer satisfaction during an uncertain economic environment.”

Nillio Founder Gil Elias added, “We are excited to partner with Coresight and industry-leading platforms and retailers to showcase the power of the influencer economy. We are confident that our platform will help influencers and retailers alike to drive revenue, enhance consumer engagement and build brand awareness.”

About Nillio
Nillio is a social commerce platform where influencers earn commissions by promoting and selling a curated selection of their favorite brands on their own social store. Nillio enables brands to engage seamlessly with passionate influencers, aligning interests in a strategic win-win. By empowering influencers to create storefronts, brands win love and respect, without the time-consuming (and costly!) hassles from upfront influencer negotiation, relationship problems or returned purchases. By creating their own Nillio storefronts, influencers generate commissions from selling the brands they are most passionate about, and can represent products as a part of their life and personal brand. For more information visit nillio.io.

About Coresight Research
Coresight Research is a research and advisory firm specializing in retail and technology. Established in 2018 by leading global retail analyst Deborah Weinswig, the firm is headquartered in New York, with offices in London, Lagos, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Mangalore (India). The firm provides data-driven analysis and strategic advisory to clients including retailers, brands, enterprise technology companies, accelerators and more. In addition to being renowned for its breadth and depth of research, Coresight Research is known for its expertise in the China market, helping clients with market entry and cross-border e-commerce strategies. Coresight Research is also known for its Innovator Intelligence platform, consisting of a vast network of technology entrepreneurs that it actively cultivates through events, mentorship, and regularly updated report coverage. For more information, visit www.coresight.com.

​​About the 10.10 shopping festival
The 10.10 Shopping Festival Powered by Coresight Research® was launched in 2020 with participation from 100 retailers and brands, 13 charities, and 11 supporting partners. The primary goal was to provide retailers and brands a vehicle to give back to national charities and simultaneously connect with consumers. The Shopping Festival generated significant impressions on social media as well as robust media coverage including Barron’s, Bloomberg News, CNBC, CNN, Good Morning America, New York Times, Progressive Grocer, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Women’s Wear Daily, and many more.

Boston, MA, October 04, 2022 –(PR.com)– The National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE), the nation’s leading organization focused on promoting entrepreneurship through community colleges, has named Vance-Granville Community College (VGCC) in Henderson, North Carolina, as the 2022 “Heather Van Sickle Entrepreneurial College of the Year.” James Murdaugh, Ph.D., president of Tallahassee Community College, (TCC) in Tallahassee, FL, has been named NACCE’s 2022 “Entrepreneurial President of the Year.”

The awards were announced at NACCE’s Annual Conference, now underway in Boston, where NACCE celebrated its 20th anniversary this year. NACCE was founded on the campus of Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, MA in 2002.

2020 Heather Van Sickle Entrepreneurial College Award
Vance-Granville Community College’s selection as NACCE’s 2022 Entrepreneurial College of the Year attests to the leadership of President Rachel Desmarais, Ph.D., who has steadily expanded the college’s entrepreneurial initiatives. In 2021, President Desmarais signed NACCE’s Presidents for Entrepreneurship Pledge (PFEP), committing the college to five action steps designed to create economic vitality through entrepreneurship. Among an array of other entrepreneurial initiatives, the college also hosted an innovative entrepreneurship youth camp called “Be a ‘Trep” (short for entrepreneur) for area middle school students aspiring to be entrepreneurs.

“Through innovative events hosted by Vance-Granville’s Small Business Center and other entrepreneurial programming, the college has demonstrated its commitment to promoting entrepreneurship throughout the region it serves,” said Rebecca Corbin, Ed.D.,president and CEO of NACCE. “It is a pleasure to recognize this outstanding college, which was selected by an independent judging panel, as the winner of NACCE’s 2022 Entrepreneurial College of the Year Award.”

2022 Entrepreneurial President Award
James Murdaugh, Ph.D., was named NACCE’s 2022 Entrepreneurial President of the Year for his leadership in entrepreneurial endeavors at Tallahassee Community College. A few examples include:

· Creation of “TCC Spark,” a program that focuses on equipping student entrepreneurs with the skills, tools, and connections needed to start and grow successful businesses;

· Launching the Wakulla Environmental Institute that spurred the creation of the Oyster Aquaculture industry in Florida. The program is responsible for the start-up of over 100 businesses and the creation of more than 300 new jobs in the local area;

· Hosting of “Entrepreneurship Educators Meet-ups,” linking educators across the country to share insights about entrepreneurship education.

“We are proud to honor President Murdaugh with NACCE’s Entrepreneurial President of the Year Award for 2022,” said Corbin. “Through his steadfast commitment to infusing entrepreneurial thinking and action through innovative programs at TCC, he shines a national spotlight on the value of entrepreneurial curriculum and programming among community colleges and beyond.”

About NACCE
NACCE is an organization of educators, administrators, presidents, and entrepreneurs focused on igniting entrepreneurship in their communities and campuses. NACCE has two main goals: to empower college leaders to approach the business of running a community college with an entrepreneurial mindset and to augment the community college’s role in supporting job creation and entrepreneurs in their local ecosystems. NACCE has over 340 member colleges, representing nearly 2,000 members and approximately 3.3 million students. For more information, visit www.nacce.com. Follow us on Twitter at @NACCE, like us on Facebook, and join our LinkedIn group.

San Jose, CA, October 05, 2022 –(PR.com)– Spyra Beauty, Inc. is a Delaware corporation based in Silicon Valley. The company is working to build cosmetic and beauty product applications for smartphones and personal computers.

Computer scientists Annirudh Ankola and Joseph Alarid and investment banker Peter Coe Verbica founded Spyra Beauty, Inc. in 2022. The company states that it is “reimagining the world of beauty.”

For more information on the company, please go to www.spyrabeauty.com.

“Spyra” is a trademark of Spyra Beauty, Inc.

(Photo source: Spyra Beauty, Inc. The apple icon is a trademark of Apple, Inc.)

San Francisco, CA, October 06, 2022 –(PR.com)– Divebell announced today that it has entered into a development partnership with PrivacyCheq, a leading enterprise consent management platform, to solve one of the most vexing day-to-day operational problems for data-driven enterprises today — ensuring that the data they have gathered from users is always processed in accordance with the consent given by the data owners.

Divebell’s customers use its powerful data discovery and monitoring capabilities to ensure that personal data is stored in the right places and is being used for the right purpose by the right users. However, what was missing was the ability to track their consent to use their data for a specific purpose.

Until now.

Divebell’s co-founder and CEO Vikram Shrowty said, “As private data regulatory enforcement has hit its stride in the past year, we realized that while maintaining an accurate data inventory is essential for compliance, helping our customers know which data items should and should not be processed based on changing user consent and opt-in is a huge value add. After all, another pillar that differentiates Divebell is proactive alerting that enables our customers to operationally implement the right controls for personal data.”

Vikram continued, “PrivacyCheq’s platform dovetails perfectly with Divebell because their ConsentCheq service manages the user experience of transparency and operational consent. This capability, combined with Divebell’s proprietary subject tracing technology that lets customers track specific user data across the enterprise data sources, will be a powerful combination that will allow Divebell to flag any user data that may not have the appropriate opt-in or consent. We call this new capability ‘Active Data Consent’ or ADC. With ADC, our customers will be able to process user data on a granular basis in full compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and numerous other new regulations that give users control over the use of their private data after it has been collected.”

PrivacyCheq CEO Roy Smith said, “To explain this in simple terms, Divebell is a leader in finding, inventorying, and continuous monitoring of private user data, but their platform doesn’t know the provenance of the data or what each user’s preferences are at any given moment. ConsentCheq handles all user consent preferences minute-by-minute, but is not aware of the private data itself or its location. We just inform the enterprise about user choices. By marrying these two functions we’ve created “Active Data Consent,” a new type of operational enterprise privacy compliance solution.”

Smith continued, “On any given day, a company’s internal processes might make use of a customer’s email address, their zip code, or a list of recently purchased items. The company typically shares some of the data with third parties for email marketing or cross-marketing. One day, the customer makes a purchase at a company website and clicks on ‘Do Not Sell My Data’ or uses a browser that sends the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. From that moment on, all the data tied to that user is flagged as ‘Internal use only’ and Divebell monitoring ensures that the data is not processed or shared until the user changes their preference.”

Active Data Consent is the first technology that gives users complete control over the use and sharing of their private data, as required by privacy regulations all over the globe. Enterprises that manage their data usage under ADC will enjoy freedom from the fear of regulatory enforcement fines because of their efficient and accurate compliance with user expressed consent or opt-out.

Divebell and PrivacyCheq plan to demonstrate ADC to key customers in Q4 2022, with general availability in Q2 2023. For sales inquiries or any other questions, please contact Divebell at info@divebell.com.

About Divebell
Divebell’s powerful Data Discovery Solution uses a unique Subject Tracing technology that gives you precise and complete visibility into whose data is where. Divebell’s lightweight and modern architecture uses Deep Automation to provide rapid and relevant scan results across petabytes of data. It’s what you would expect from a product born in the cloud and built by industry experts. https://www.divebell.com/

About PrivacyCheq
Since its founding in 2013, PrivacyCheq has been a leader in the regulatory compliance tech industry, offering a variety of cloud services facilitating operational compliance with CCPA, CPRA, GDPR, CCPA, COPPA, PIPEDA, and LGPD. For more information, please visit http://www.PrivacyCheq.com.

Press Contact
Niti Chhabra
niti@divebell.com
‍877-921-3282

Philadelphia, PA, October 08, 2022 –(PR.com)– The show focuses on the adventures, sticky situations, and cunning of three bright Philadelphia high-school friends, Bobby, Flip, and X. The show (and the pilot episode titled “Misdirected”) is described as a “red herring” because it plays on viewers’ inherent prejudices and stereotypes to create distractions that lead to surprising twists and unexpected outcomes.

The show’s producer wants the opening credits/intro to be artistic, stylish, attention-getting, and simply “dope.” To achieve the desired look, he enlisted the services of the incredibly creative and skilled graphic artists Joshua Black.

The soundtrack and music score are also in development. The soundtrack will feature an instrumental song titled “The Run 4 Cupcake,” which was the score for an episode of the MTV series “Made.” A teaser is available on the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAdJPwY-mpc2-PxYyR4jbNw.

The cast consists mainly of actors from the Philadelphia area. They include XavierX (“X”), Taylor Myrick (“Bobby”), Britt Starghill (“Flip”), Omar Long (“Big Homie”), Jordan Webber (“Cupcake”), Ariel Sole (“Penny”), Mckayla Mckelvie (“Lucy”), rapper Ital Tha Ruffian (“The Mean Man”), Ron Shaer (“Kingpin”), Kavon Kellam (“Smart Homie”), Keron Morton (“The Big Man”), Jormal Edwards (“Bodyguard), and Justin Vassor.

You can stay updated on the progress and be notified of updates by following “The Kingfish” on social media: Instagram @kingfishphilly, the website www.kingfishshow.com, and the YouTube channel above.