Good for him – that looked like fun. Click here to watch the video.
In fact, I would love to do this one day too!
I am so happy to see our players out supporting DC United and the Washington Nationals – this is a tight knit community and the players are all so supportive of one another. Thank you to the Washington Nationals for making this happen.
I attended the Washington Mystics home opener on Saturday night – I sat in the Owners Box for the first half with partners and friends, then went to meet some sponsors at half time, then sat in the floor seats for the second half.
I looked over and who did I see in first row base line seats but John Wall. John came over to say hi and sat with me for most of the second half. He was in town to do some workouts and some work with Red Bull on a High School tournament. I asked, “Why are you at the Mystics game?” He answered: “I love watching basketball and I wanted to support the team”.
How nice of John Wall, a very classy young man. He is hard at work – training, lifting weights, working on an assortment of shooting drills, and already getting ready for next season. He is a very confident and dedicated young man. And a very positive influence on our franchise. He also knew all of the players on the floor and was very familiar with all of the players on our team. Click here to see a photo of him at the game.
Kudos to Alex Semin and Alex Ovechkin; their Russian team won the Gold Medal at the World Championships – going 10 and 0 for the tournament – and Alex Semin scored two goals in the deciding game.
I am happy they both played well and their team won a Gold medal. It is important to get wins and rings and medals – and to play well as a team at the Worlds; and I am happy that both Alex Semin and Alex Ovechkin played well for their homeland. Read the article here on the tournament.
My film, “Nanking” is back on SnagFilms.com.
For those of you who haven’t seen the film, click here to watch it for free.
The film won both a Peabody Award and an Emmy Award; I am quite proud of it, and all of the people who worked on producing and creating and directing it.
The film seems to age well in the digital distribution world. I hope you learn a lot from this film, thank you.
This is a wonderful set of articles about college graduation – commencement speeches and a story of over coming great odds by a fellow Hoya.
These three speeches delivered here are great reminders of the power of words and inspiration to a new generation. I enjoyed consuming these pixels very much.
Jeff Green. Kudos to you and Hoya Saxa; read this one.
Check out Maria Shriver’s commencement speech here.
And let us not forget this great speech too.
Congratulations to all of the college grads out there.
Thank you Washington Post for covering WNBA basketball with resources and pixels and ink and paper!
Here is an article on the Mystics retooled roster.
Game 1 at home tonight – I hope to see you all there – WNBA basketball is great family affordable entertainment.
And on the ground, here in DC, to help companies to grow; with venture capital and speed up capital.
Below is an excerpt from a Washington Business Journal article on the Revolution Growth Fund and the work of Revolution Ventures.
If you’re a subscriber, you can find the whole article here.
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Getting a deal done is no longer such a casual thing for Leonsis, who launched the $450 million Revolution Growth fund in December alongside Steve Case and Donn Davis. For the first time in the three men’s careers, they are in control of a giant pot of outside cash. The funding rounds are bigger and fewer. Vetting entrepreneurs is far more involved. Deals must align with a charter drawn up at the outset of the fund. And perhaps most important, returns must be big enough to justify such an ambitious raise.
So it goes when you’re managing other people’s money.
“Certainly when we’re talking to a founder, we’re crystal clear that it’s no longer just my money or Steve’s money,” Leonsis said. “We have investors, partners. They expect a return and an exit.”
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Geography is key to those hopes for outsized returns, which depend equally on big exits for the company and favorable terms for the investor. Revolution Growth plans to largely steer clear of hypercompetitive Silicon Valley deals, where white-hot valuations mean stakes come at a premium. Instead, Revolution will focus on regions where expansion capital is far scarcer and terms are move favorable.
“The ground isn’t as tilled here,” Leonsis said. “The disadvantage is young entrepreneurs and startups gravitate toward Silicon Valley. We adhere to the ‘rise of the rest’ notion.”
Playing in the expansion stage carries less risk and reasonable returns, but can be expensive. So focusing on underserved markets “is actually a very good strategy,” said Jeffrey Sohl, director of the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research. “The thing with underserved markets — and I’m sure they realize this — is you need boots on the ground.”