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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

TechCrunch

It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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Motosumo scores $6M to spin up a challenge to Peloton

TechCrunch

The 2015-founded fit-tech startup has developed a system for measuring cycling cadence without additional sensors — users need only affix their existing smartphone or tablet to a stationary exercise bike to get real-time feedback on their performance. Currently it has five coaches active on its platform. The Peloton effect.

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Rackspace’s Brian Lillie on the importance of leadership principles

CIO

After leaving Equinix in 2019, he hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, became a life coach through UC Davis Extension, and in 2020, took a Stanford philosophy course on the meaning of life. Looking back, Lillie realized that as a father of four and 20 years spent coaching youth sports, this purpose statement has been central from early on.

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Parents as Leadership Coaches

Let's Grow Leaders

As I prepared a trust workshop for a group from Nigeria, we shared ideas of what exercises would work best culturally, I wrote content, he made slides and tools pop visually. An aspiring Scuba instructor, it’s clear he’s got more confidence, competence and commitment than me for this sport. I feel safe under his leadership.

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

TechCrunch

Plus there is Moxie , where coaches create their own courses. If 10 people can go to an in-person group exercise class led by a very good trainer, then why can’t 1,000 people, or 10,000 people take a virtual class led by an Olympic champion or NBA legend?… What has not quite been cracked yet is the celebrity fitness class.

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How to Win with Pattern Recognition

Next Level Blog

As an executive coach and advisor to senior executives in a wide range of industries, pattern recognition is vital to my work as well. To be an effective coach, I use pattern recognition skills to quickly get up to speed on the context my clients work in and then to help them determine what they need to focus on to be better and better.

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Free Agency CEO seems to care more about control than the company, former employees say

TechCrunch

The New York-based startup launched in 2019 with the novel idea of bringing the talent agency model popular in Hollywood and sports to other professions. ” The company confirmed this happened but said that all the sessions were planned with an executive coach beforehand. . The hired coach was not present for this exercise.

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