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HacWare lands $2.3M to expand cybersecurity awareness training

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million in seed funding to expand its cybersecurity awareness and training offering. HacWare aims to give companies an easier onramp to provide meaningful and engaging cybersecurity training to their employees that they won’t hate or that gets in the way of their day-to-day work.

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Sounding Board raises cash as startups wake up to executive coaching

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Christine Tao and Lori Mazan , the brains behind Sounding Board , want to train any leader within an organization to be a better leader. The San Francisco startup connects anyone from first-time managers to C-suite executives with coaches through a marketplace. Quarterly bookings have increased 3.4

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Mustard looks beyond baseball as it raises another $3.75M for sensor-free sports coaching

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Los Angeles-based sports training platform Mustard this week announced a $3.75 million round back in late-2020, bringing the firm’s funding-to-date up to $6 million. Unfortunately, many young athletes lack access to the type of coaching I received. million round. “For me, that was football. ” Image Credits: Mustard.

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Connected strength-training startup Vitruvian eyes US with $15M raise

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The company’s at-home strength-training system sports resistance-based weights up to ~440 pounds. Vitruvian touts “software-driven weight training,” which can dynamically adjust resistance to the user. Founded in late 2018, the company ended 2020 with a $3.4 There’s been some leveling off of late, of course. million seed raise.

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Valence unveils training program to help build pipeline of Black execs

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Today Valence , a startup dedicated to empowering Black professionals, announced a new program called BONDS, which is designed to help companies train, retain and promote Black employees. But Williams wanted to do more than provide training materials for the members, she wanted to provide support for every member of the BONDS program.

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Masters, an app for training with celeb athletes, closes a $2.7M seed funding round

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Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. Now a new startup — in beta since 2021 — hopes to become that platform where elite athletes can train mere mortals such as myself. What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class. Masters (see what they did there?)

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Coach the Coach Episode 2 – Building Relationships

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Coach the Coach Episode 2 - Building Relationships. by Dee Rhoda and Tom Bullock | July 31st , 2020 | Blog. To be effective, all coaches must develop a productive relationship with their team or teams. How Should Coaches Start Building Relationships. How to best do that varies from coach to coach.

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