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iChange Acquired By Herbalife

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iChange, which was headed by Stu MacFarlane, will be used by Herbalife's independent distributors to provide wellness coaching to clients. Momentum Ventures became involved with iChange in 2009 as an advisor, and made an investment at the beginning of 2010 in the company and placed MacFarlane in the CEO role.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

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Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. I had realized that I didn’t have it within me to be as good of a player as many of them did but I had the skills to help as mentor, coach, friend, sparing partner and patient capital provider.

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Personal and Professional Turnaround Techniques

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Thursday, August 6, 2009 -- Personal and Professional Turnaround Techniques. Meet executive coaches who offer insights on how to find your passion, and how to design, plan and execute clear direction in your professional life. Presenters include:  Margaret Meloni, President of Meloni Coaching Solutions Inc.,

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CommNexus HR SIG Presents: Retooling workers

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Friday, September 25, 2009 -- CommNexus HR SIG Presents: Retooling workers. Jan Cummings, M.S. will provide information on best practices in succession planning and career development, and Patty McKay, Sr.

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Bootstrapping an Agile Team

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Monday, February 9, 2009 -- "Bootstrapping an Agile Team" Scrum Club. Please join LA Scrum Club and Rally Software for a special evening on Monday, February 9th with local Agile luminaries: Christophe Louvion, CTO of Gorilla Nation, Scott Downey, ScrumMaster at MySpace, and George Schlitz, Principal Coach at Big Visible Solutions.At

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Using Twitter and Value of Market Intelligence

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Thursday, November 19, 2009 -- Using Twitter and Value of Market Intelligence. Everyone from people who run roach coaches to Dell Computer, from Hannah Montana to Oprah, from Rod Blagojevich to Bill Clinton is tweeting up a storm. Gibbs will explain what, exactly, is Twitter and why you should care.

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Agile User Group - ScrumMaster Anti-Patterns

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 -- Agile User Group - ScrumMaster Anti-Patterns. Our speaker will be Paul Hodgetts, who has been involved in lean and agile development as a coach, mentor and team member since 1998. With the ever-growing popularity of Scrum, ScrumMaster has become a de facto role on many agile projects. See [link] (more).