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Boston entrepreneurs find their flow, announce millions in venture capital

By Erin Rohr
After having her second child, Camille Preston craved getting back to her “flow” – the state in which she performed best at work. To help mothers and entrepreneurs “find their flow,” Preston launched an online curriculum and speaking engagement focused on flow-hacking. Preston, who founded Cambridge-based leadership, management and coaching services firm AIM Leadership in 2004, told the Boston Business Journal, "Everyone is feeling tired, overworked, disengaged, and they don't necessarily know how to hack it." According to statistics published by McKinsey & Co. in 2013, when people are in a state of "flow," they are five times more productive at work. In a nutshell, Preston's steps to achieving this state of mind fall into five categories: prepare, struggle purposefully, release, flow and recover.
Find your own flow as you catch up on this week’s trending conversations and news from Boston’s startup ecosystem.
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Xconomy: BU Spinout Constant Therapy Gets $2M for Speech and Brain Rehab App

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BetaBoston: Empatica begins shipping seizure-tracking wristband

Cambridge-based Empatica, the maker of a high-tech wristband that can detect seizures, is shipping its first product to its earliest buyers. The watch sensor monitor spikes in body heat, gyroscopes and accelerometers to determine electric changes across the skin and then buzzes to warn the wearer when an epileptic episode might happen.

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