Monthly Archives: October 2009

Congrats to Abe and Irene Pollin

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The DC Chamber of Commerce awarded Abe and Irene Pollin a Lifetime Business Legacy Award this past weekend for the work they as a family have done to develop and support the DC economy.

No one has made a bigger impact in downtown DC than Abe and Irene. Building the Verizon Center was the catalyst that gave everyone permission to believe in downtown DC once again. Their courage and vision of what the city could be is a testament to their love of our city.

Here is a list of the winners. We were also honored for our work with the Capitals and the Mystics, teams that Abe and Irene Pollin founded and sold to us ten years ago. This lifetime achievement award was long over due and most deserved. Congratulations.

TOH!

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Do you read Thompson on Hollywood? It is well done and a real insider’s POV. We are proud to be associated with Anne Thompson via our partnership with indieWIRE. Check out these stories.
 
I saw Law Abiding Citizen this weekend too. I didn’t know who to root for?      
 
Bad is good and good is bad. Revenge is sweet or not? I guess Gerard Butler is a pretty cool guy but this film made me incredulous. Let us tunnel into the jail in many places. That is plausible, isn’t it?
 
Big stars, big budgets, lots of things get blown up but not much makes sense. Writing is weak but the acting is pretty strong. I give the film two out of five stars.

Sometimes the First Best Answer isn’t the Right Best Answer

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Keep trying; keep perfecting. Sometimes the first plan isn’t the best plan. This is an article with a premise that I really believe in.

Viagra was discovered by trying to create a hair growth product. I kid you not. :-)

Be open to possibilities. Know what you don’t know.

I am on the board of a super-fast growth company called Groupon.com. It is booming. It started out life being a consumer advocacy service. It didn’t work. It morphed into a hyper local best prices and group shopping service. It is a home run company now.

The original business plan for SnagFilms looked NOTHING like our business is today.

Be open minded. Listen to the markets and consumers. The best answer may not be the first right answer!

A New Tradition!

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First there was the Gordie Howe hat trick - 1 goal, 1 assist, and a winning fight.

Now there is an Alex Ovechkin hat trick - 2 goals in regulation, one goal in the shootout to win it - so as a player you have all three goals to win a game 3-2.

I like it.

An AO3 on the scorecard last night.

An Alex Ovechkin hat trick. Way to go Caps fans! Pitch perfect.

An Alex Ovechkin hat trick. We need it to be branded and memorialized now on Wikipedia just like this entry is. Go Caps!