Two Out of Five

CNBC just ranked the five emerging Internet companies to know about.

Groupon and SB Nation are BOTH on the list. I am involved with both companies as an investor or board member.  It feels good. I am proud of Jim Bankoff and I am proud of Andrew Mason.

Accel partners is also a big investor in both concerns.

Congrats to SB Nation and Japers’ Rink

Japers’ Rink was named the Top NHL Blog and SB Nation had the most entrants in the Top 10 of any blogging network.Well done and kudos! Read this article about hockey blogs and the best of the best. It didn’t take long for the bloggers to overtake traditional media in terms of quantity and sometimes quality of coverage and generation of a massive amount of wonderful pixels covering our great sport.

With the Washington Times shutting down its sports section, we have the Washington Post and the Examiner as print properties that cover our team on a game by game basis and yet, when you walk into our locker room after a game, there are dozens and dozens of people interviewing our players and our coaches.

I have to admit that I am proud that we as a franchise led the way in creating and activating and embracing the blogosphere. I am also proud to be an investor in SB Nation, a place I start my day everyday to get the latest in news and commentary on the NHL.