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During the final day of the Women & Worth Summit: Actions Speak Louder than Words, we brought together a panel to discuss the practicalities of virtual networking.
In the first minutes of the session, we learned that over the past year, Susan McPherson walked from New York City to Sioux Falls, South Dakota in equivalent steps around her neighborhood. Kathleen Entwistle switched jobs, making the move from UBS to Morgan Stanley. Ashley Hunter has been keeping up with TikTok, singing around the house and starting a new business based in Bermuda. And while we waited for moderator Jane Hanson to join, the audience helped Susan decide whether or not to keep her scarf on.
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When it comes to business and finance, the venture capital market is constantly evolving. The rise in SPACs and rolling funds are just a couple of components that contribute to this growth, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic. Kathleen Entwistle, private wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Jim McCann, chairman at
Worth and chairman and founder of 1-800-FLOWERS and Slava Rubin, founder and managing partner at humbition and founder and CEO of Indiegogo recently offered their insight on the changing dynamics in venture funding.
For starters, COVID-19 had a big impact on how we handle money. “In America, in the world, we’re seeing the zero interest rate environment,” Rubin said. “And in the zero interest rate environment, everybody’s trying to figure out where to get yield. And alternatives are definitely one of those options. And when it comes to alternatives, you have private companies being one of those ma
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During a time where health is globally prioritized more than ever due to the COVID-19 pandemic, learning about investment in open innovation has become an important part of accessible health care. Vaccines, therapies, diagnostics and treatment regimens are now able to be developed quicker than ever with the proper incentives and resources. Kathleen Entwistle, private wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Paul Fehlner, cofounder and president/CEO of reVision Therapeutics, Inc., and Barbara Handelin, cofounder and CEO of Audacity Therapeutics, PBC, recently discussed with
Worth how medicine is changing the future of health care.
According to Handelin, Audacity Therapeutics’ main focus is to develop “as many medicines as we could for important, serious diseases using all kinds of innovation, including, and especially, the repurposing of existing drugs, and investing in the kinds of diagnostics that just will never be touched by venture capital.”
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Women have made outstanding strides throughout history, and their accomplishments continuously prove there are truly no limits. Despite millions of women leaving the workforce due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many have continued to find new ways to adapt and succeed. However, it hasn’t been easy.
During our last session of The Next Normal this year, we discussed how we can continue to push gender equality forward. Aundrea Cline-Thomas, reporter at WCBS, CBS New York, Kathleen Entwistle, private wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management, Cate Luzio, founder and CEO of Luminary, and Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient, each offered their insight on how to best empower women during a time of crisis.
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I’m usually a big hugger. One of the hardest parts of the pandemic for me is not being able to show affection as I naturally would with my family and close friends. This all came home dramatically when the first of my six grandchildren turned 12 in the fall. On the way to our physically distanced birthday celebration, I turned to my wife Marylou and asked, “What are the long-term consequences to our grandchildren of having a hug from us be a threat during this COVID time?”
Of course, this affects us all, and I worry about how the nation’s children are faring during the pandemic. A recent installment of