the place i worked from 2014-17 had a buyout announced yesterday. nothing to get rich over, but still a nice chuck-of-change.
when i started working there, they were hoping for a $1B exit in 5-ish years, but that clearly did not happen. i guess these investments of time, effort, career in a startup are no different than any other investment.
that being said, it was a fantastic group of people, i was the 30th employee, my first time managing a team, and i still have a really good core group of 50+ friends that are all still mostly in touch in a Slack org.
Finished packing and doing lots of "house prep" so my wife can have an easier week while I'm away. Constantly refreshing wind forecasts and going over potential places to drop the hook to stay out of the wind in La Paz.
Probably me too. Got up early to get in a run before the expected rain. Rain still hasn't arrived so I didn't really need the early start. But I am feeling the lack of that last hour of sleep, which is usually my best.
I may take one as well. Have a cold (fingers crossed. two negative tests so far about 36 hours apart) that is kind of kicking my ass. Chest and head with not a lot of coughing, but when I do my midsection hurts.
Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she was hospitalized in San Francisco to receive treatment for shingles, causing her to miss multiple Senate votes this week.
With Fetterman also hospitalized, that's at least two Dem senators on the DL.
Warriors didn't look too good in the 1st half. Built a huge brick house. But they had one of their patented huge 3rd Q, helped by the Clippers building their own brick house to rival the Warrors'. EJ said that it was the first time in the shot clock era that a team that was down 10 at half, won by at least 10 in two straight games. Which doesn't seem right. At first I thought he said win by at least 20 but the Warriors only beat the blazers by 18.
I'm about where I was at this time last year. They have an outside shot at the WCF, but that's probably the ceiling with this team, especially considering the new talent in the West and the seemingly unstoppable Nuggets
i didnt go to the game (in Chicago?) vs Duke even though i was physically very close in Bloomington IN. i did go to the next game in STL where lost to KU in the Sweet 16.
in the end, i sold my Elite 8 tix for more than i paid for my entire weekend including hotel and rental car and sadly drove back to Bloomington a day or two early.
but it was still a great trip and nice to remember a time when basketball team was still good.
Newellbany and I attended the NC State loss in Dallas in March ‘06. That one was tough…out of nowhere, Midge didn’t start because of a back injury, and he and Ubaka were awful. Could not hit anything. Beginning of the end for Braun.
I had driven up from Houston and met up with my high school friend (who also went to Cal - but we barely hung out at Cal for some reason) and we watched the game - he lived in Dallas.
I woke up at about 430 (after only about 3 hours of sleep) to drive from Portland to Spokane in 2016. Then spent a couple of hours after the game there and in Coeur d'Alene Idaho before driving another 2.5+ hours back towards Portland later that night. Was a long day for a horrible game.
EUGENE, Ore. – The California men's basketball team could not quell a hot-shooting night by Oregon and dropped an 84-51 road contest at Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday night.
Oregon (17-13, 10-9 Pac-12) won its second straight game as five Ducks scored in double figures, including Jermaine Couisnard, who finished with a game-high 17 points. The Ducks shot 55% from the field and dominated the backboards with a 45-21 rebounding advantage. Cal (3-27, 2-17) was paced by 11 points from Sam Alajiki, who knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and was 4 of 5 from the floor. Grant Newell added nine points while Joel Brown had seven points and three assists. Lars Thiemann returned to action after a one-game absence, scoring nine points in 23 minutes off the bench.
It looks like the basketball team will have less wins than the football team did. That would be embarrassing if football had a Rose Bowl season. In this case it's.....Sorry, haven't a word for it.
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Sophomore Gabriel Jett helped make it a memorable night for the Cal men's swimming & diving team Thursday, winning the 500-yard freestyle and anchoring the 200 freestyle relay which also picked up a victory at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Jett pulled away from the competition to win the 500 free easily in a time of 4:09.66, the second-fastest time in the country this season and the second-best time in the event ever at Cal. He won the race comfortably over teammate Lucas Henveaux, who still swam the fourth-fastest time in the event at Cal in 4:11.16. Fellow Golden Bear Patrick Callan placed fourth with the fifth-best time in program history at 4:12.45.
BERKELEY- Ayo Oke from the California women's soccer team has been named to the U.S. Under-23 Women's Youth National Team roster for the Thorns Preseason Tournament from March 12-18. The junior defender will join the USA as it heads to Portland, Oregon to take on three NWSL teams at Providence Park.
The Thorns Preseason Tournament begins on March 12 as the USA faces OL Reign, followed by March 15 match with the Portland Thorns, and concluding with a March 18 match against Racing Louisville.
SAN DIEGO/LA JOLLA – The 35th-ranked California men's tennis team began their Thursday in the San Diego area with a 5-2 victory at No. 30 San Diego, before heading to the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club to start play in the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship.
Golden Bear junior Lucas Magnaudet clinched the win over the Toreros, defeating Neo Niedner, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The Bears – who have won five straight dual matches – saw their record improve to 7-2. USD is 7-4.
BERKELEY – Just one weekend after finishing up one of its best indoor seasons ever, California track & field kicks off the outdoor season and enters the heart of its schedule on Saturday, hosting the Cal Opener at Edwards Stadium. Field events are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. PT with the men's hammer throw, while the track events will commence at 12:30 p.m. with the women's 4x100m relay.
"I'm very excited for the outdoor season," Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Robyne Johnson said. "This is where we truly shine. The team is definitely starting to gel, and we have some lofty goals that we're ready to accomplish."
BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns to Texas for the second time this year when it participates in the Frisco Classic this Friday through Sunday. The Golden Bears will take on tournament foes Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State.
All three contests will be streamed on D1Baseball.com. Handling the play-by-play duties this week will be a rotation of Chris Mycoskie and Mike Ferrin with Mike Rooney and Mike Hardge handling the analyst duties.
The 2023 Cal women's rowing season gets underway this weekend at the California Challenge Cup in Newport Beach on Saturday. The event will feature crews from 10 universities throughout California which will race in a head-to-head format. As the rowing season doesn't feature any official preseason races, the California Challenge Cup will give ninth-year head coach Al Acosta a good gauge of where his team is at after completing a several-month long offseason training program.
"The California Cup is a series of four shorter races in one day," Acosta said. "In our sport, we train all year long and we might race eight times or so. So to be able to go down the racecourse four times in one day is a good opportunity for them to practice getting the boat up to speed, sustaining their speed and then trying to elevate the speed towards the end of the race."
The No. 3 California women's water polo team boasts its highest national ranking of the season heading into Saturday's MPSF opener against No. 9 Arizona State. The Golden Bears (12-3) host the Sun Devils (6-6) at noon at Spieker Aquatics Complex looking for their sixth win in seven tries. Cal begins conference play fresh off a 3-1 weekend and a big 9-7 win over then-No. 3 UCLA in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational third-place game. Junior Ruby Swadling scored a team-high three goals for the second time this season and senior Isabel Williams finished one save shy of a season-high with 14 to lead the Bears over the Bruins for the second straight time dating back to last season. It was also the Bears' first win over a top-three opponent in 2023. They are already 1-0 against the Sun Devils this year, having held them to a season-low for goals in a 15-3 win at last month's Stanford Invitational.
BERKELEY – Following a week of rest for most of the team, California men's gymnastics is ready to hit the floor once more on Saturday as it travels back down to Palo Alto for the second time this season. Stanford, the nation's No. 2-ranked squad, will welcome both the Golden Bears and Illinois to Burnham Pavilion for a tri-meet at 4 p.m. PT.
After a very strong start to the season, Cal has been ravaged by injuries to several of its top performers, who are gradually recovering and on track to return for this final month of the regular season. The Bears have not been without their successes, however; two gymnasts (senior Noah Sano and freshman Theodor Gadderud) have each received MPSF weekly awards this season, while three other Bears (junior Noah Newfeld, junior Aidan Li and freshman Khalen Curry) have set program top-three marks, including a school record on vault from Curry.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Former Cal safety Daniel Scott is scheduled to start his measurable skills testing and participate in an on-field workout Friday at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. Top front office executives, coaching staffs, player personnel departments and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams are in attendance at the Lucas Oil Stadium event to evaluate the nation's top football prospects eligible for the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft.
Scott is scheduled to be tested Friday in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, 3 cone drill, and 20 and 60-yard shuttles, while his bench press is slated for Saturday. He arrived at the combine Tuesday as part of the defensive backs' group and went through a series of events including exams, interviews and meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. A full players' schedule can be accessed at nflcombine.net/players/schedule/.
BERKELEY – The California softball team wraps up tournament play with four games at the DeMarini Invitational this weekend, playing Miami (Ohio) and Villanova across the Bay at Stanford before the finale of the tournament at Levine-Fricke Field on Sunday.
Cal faces Miami (Ohio) to begin action at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium on Friday at noon and finishes play at Stanford on Saturday with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch vs. Villanova followed by a 1 p.m. rematch with the RedHawks. Sunday's home opener vs. the Wildcats is set for a 1 p.m. start.
Startup exits ...
the place i worked from 2014-17 had a buyout announced yesterday. nothing to get rich over, but still a nice chuck-of-change.
when i started working there, they were hoping for a $1B exit in 5-ish years, but that clearly did not happen. i guess these investments of time, effort, career in a startup are no different than any other investment.
that being said, it was a fantastic group of people, i was the 30th employee, my first time managing a team, and i still have a really good core group of 50+ friends that are all still mostly in touch in a Slack org.
https://blog.teacherspayteachers.com/ixl-learning-acquires-tpt/
HAVE YOU, IN FACT, STILL GOT IT
I used to have it! Then they changed what "it" was. Now what I'm with isn't "it," and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to you!
My Precious...
That depends. What is "it"?
I have so much of it I occasionally give some away.
Erroneous assumption is you ever had it.
Oh Yeah...
chicka chicka
Can't still got it if I never had it...
Nope.
Really beginning to wonder if I ever even had it.
I absolutely do not still got it
GOTTA GET DOWN ON FRIDAY
Finished packing and doing lots of "house prep" so my wife can have an easier week while I'm away. Constantly refreshing wind forecasts and going over potential places to drop the hook to stay out of the wind in La Paz.
i am going to try to work out today as my "one useful thing i do today"
aside from that work is mostly just interviewing people for a bunch of open roles.
three hours of sleep last night, give or take, about the only thing I'm down for at the moment is a plan for an afternoon nap.
Probably me too. Got up early to get in a run before the expected rain. Rain still hasn't arrived so I didn't really need the early start. But I am feeling the lack of that last hour of sleep, which is usually my best.
I may take one as well. Have a cold (fingers crossed. two negative tests so far about 36 hours apart) that is kind of kicking my ass. Chest and head with not a lot of coughing, but when I do my midsection hurts.
I hope it's just a cold!
Same. Nothing is getting done today.
OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY
Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein says she was hospitalized in San Francisco to receive treatment for shingles, causing her to miss multiple Senate votes this week.
With Fetterman also hospitalized, that's at least two Dem senators on the DL.
Apparently also a cancerous mass was removed from Biden's chest
DBD A/V CLUB
Poker Face Episode 9 - Rian Johnson directed! Still fun.
Still enjoying Wednesday - not the best show, but still fun.
Lingering
I can tell
She's a BK mademoiselle
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160667344/de-la-soul-streaming-guide
Happy De La Soul Day!
PRO
Warriors didn't look too good in the 1st half. Built a huge brick house. But they had one of their patented huge 3rd Q, helped by the Clippers building their own brick house to rival the Warrors'. EJ said that it was the first time in the shot clock era that a team that was down 10 at half, won by at least 10 in two straight games. Which doesn't seem right. At first I thought he said win by at least 20 but the Warriors only beat the blazers by 18.
i watched the 3rd Q this morning to catch up. pretty impressive, but the problem this season is that it only happens at home games.
They are a weird team.
I'm about where I was at this time last year. They have an outside shot at the WCF, but that's probably the ceiling with this team, especially considering the new talent in the West and the seemingly unstoppable Nuggets
I think the Nuggets come out of the West. Warriors, depending on matchup, might make the WCF.
Although I'd gladly be proven wrong.
CAL
Jason Kidd remembers the 1993 Tournament
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/ncaa-tournament-march-madness-jason-kidd-cal-duke
My first ball boy season
Oh man, remember when Cal used to be good at basketball?
i didnt go to the game (in Chicago?) vs Duke even though i was physically very close in Bloomington IN. i did go to the next game in STL where lost to KU in the Sweet 16.
in the end, i sold my Elite 8 tix for more than i paid for my entire weekend including hotel and rental car and sadly drove back to Bloomington a day or two early.
but it was still a great trip and nice to remember a time when basketball team was still good.
I went to two different first round losses - both in Dallas. One we couldn't leave early because we bought the cheapest air tickets possible.
Newellbany and I attended the NC State loss in Dallas in March ‘06. That one was tough…out of nowhere, Midge didn’t start because of a back injury, and he and Ubaka were awful. Could not hit anything. Beginning of the end for Braun.
I had driven up from Houston and met up with my high school friend (who also went to Cal - but we barely hung out at Cal for some reason) and we watched the game - he lived in Dallas.
I woke up at about 430 (after only about 3 hours of sleep) to drive from Portland to Spokane in 2016. Then spent a couple of hours after the game there and in Coeur d'Alene Idaho before driving another 2.5+ hours back towards Portland later that night. Was a long day for a horrible game.
Well you came out ahead so that's worth it alone.
[MBB] Bears Downed By Ducks In Eugene
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/mens-basketball-bears-downed-by-ducks-in-eugene.aspx
EUGENE, Ore. – The California men's basketball team could not quell a hot-shooting night by Oregon and dropped an 84-51 road contest at Matthew Knight Arena on Thursday night.
Oregon (17-13, 10-9 Pac-12) won its second straight game as five Ducks scored in double figures, including Jermaine Couisnard, who finished with a game-high 17 points. The Ducks shot 55% from the field and dominated the backboards with a 45-21 rebounding advantage. Cal (3-27, 2-17) was paced by 11 points from Sam Alajiki, who knocked down a pair of 3-pointers and was 4 of 5 from the floor. Grant Newell added nine points while Joel Brown had seven points and three assists. Lars Thiemann returned to action after a one-game absence, scoring nine points in 23 minutes off the bench.
It looks like the basketball team will have less wins than the football team did. That would be embarrassing if football had a Rose Bowl season. In this case it's.....Sorry, haven't a word for it.
A national laughingstock.
Well, the good thing is that my friends know I went to Berkeley but they don't know it has a basketball team, so it's not embarrassing.
That presumes anyone thinks about Cal basketball
They think enough to mock it.
More like a national afterthought.
The language does not have a word to describe your situation adequately, But then nobody anticipated a situation like Cal has put itself in.
Embarrassing
[MSWIM] Bears Fly To Victories At Pac-12 Championships
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/mens-swimming-diving-bears-fly-to-a-pair-of-victories-at-pac-12-championships.aspx
FEDERAL WAY, Wash. – Sophomore Gabriel Jett helped make it a memorable night for the Cal men's swimming & diving team Thursday, winning the 500-yard freestyle and anchoring the 200 freestyle relay which also picked up a victory at the 2023 Pac-12 Championships at Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center.
Jett pulled away from the competition to win the 500 free easily in a time of 4:09.66, the second-fastest time in the country this season and the second-best time in the event ever at Cal. He won the race comfortably over teammate Lucas Henveaux, who still swam the fourth-fastest time in the event at Cal in 4:11.16. Fellow Golden Bear Patrick Callan placed fourth with the fifth-best time in program history at 4:12.45.
[WSOC] Oke Earns U23 U.S. Women’s Youth National Team Call Up
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/womens-soccer-oke-earns-u23-us-womens-youth-national-team-call-up.aspx
BERKELEY- Ayo Oke from the California women's soccer team has been named to the U.S. Under-23 Women's Youth National Team roster for the Thorns Preseason Tournament from March 12-18. The junior defender will join the USA as it heads to Portland, Oregon to take on three NWSL teams at Providence Park.
The Thorns Preseason Tournament begins on March 12 as the USA faces OL Reign, followed by March 15 match with the Portland Thorns, and concluding with a March 18 match against Racing Louisville.
[MTEN] No. 35 Cal Tops No. 30 USD
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/mens-tennis-no-35-cal-tops-no-30-usd.aspx
SAN DIEGO/LA JOLLA – The 35th-ranked California men's tennis team began their Thursday in the San Diego area with a 5-2 victory at No. 30 San Diego, before heading to the La Jolla Beach & Tennis Club to start play in the Pacific Coast Men's Doubles Championship.
Golden Bear junior Lucas Magnaudet clinched the win over the Toreros, defeating Neo Niedner, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The Bears – who have won five straight dual matches – saw their record improve to 7-2. USD is 7-4.
[T&F] Bears Open Outdoor Season
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/track-field-bears-open-outdoor-season.aspx
BERKELEY – Just one weekend after finishing up one of its best indoor seasons ever, California track & field kicks off the outdoor season and enters the heart of its schedule on Saturday, hosting the Cal Opener at Edwards Stadium. Field events are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. PT with the men's hammer throw, while the track events will commence at 12:30 p.m. with the women's 4x100m relay.
"I'm very excited for the outdoor season," Director of Track & Field/Cross Country Robyne Johnson said. "This is where we truly shine. The team is definitely starting to gel, and we have some lofty goals that we're ready to accomplish."
[BASE] Bears Return To Texas For Frisco Classic
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/baseball-bears-return-to-texas-for-frisco-classic.aspx
BERKELEY – The California baseball team returns to Texas for the second time this year when it participates in the Frisco Classic this Friday through Sunday. The Golden Bears will take on tournament foes Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Mississippi State.
All three contests will be streamed on D1Baseball.com. Handling the play-by-play duties this week will be a rotation of Chris Mycoskie and Mike Ferrin with Mike Rooney and Mike Hardge handling the analyst duties.
[WROW] 2023 Campaign Gets Underway Saturday
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/womens-rowing-2023-campaign-gets-underway-saturday.aspx
The 2023 Cal women's rowing season gets underway this weekend at the California Challenge Cup in Newport Beach on Saturday. The event will feature crews from 10 universities throughout California which will race in a head-to-head format. As the rowing season doesn't feature any official preseason races, the California Challenge Cup will give ninth-year head coach Al Acosta a good gauge of where his team is at after completing a several-month long offseason training program.
"The California Cup is a series of four shorter races in one day," Acosta said. "In our sport, we train all year long and we might race eight times or so. So to be able to go down the racecourse four times in one day is a good opportunity for them to practice getting the boat up to speed, sustaining their speed and then trying to elevate the speed towards the end of the race."
[WPOLO] No. 3 Cal Hosts No. 9 ASU In MPSF Opener
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/womens-water-polo-no-3-cal-hosts-no-9-asu-in-mpsf-opener.aspx
The No. 3 California women's water polo team boasts its highest national ranking of the season heading into Saturday's MPSF opener against No. 9 Arizona State. The Golden Bears (12-3) host the Sun Devils (6-6) at noon at Spieker Aquatics Complex looking for their sixth win in seven tries. Cal begins conference play fresh off a 3-1 weekend and a big 9-7 win over then-No. 3 UCLA in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational third-place game. Junior Ruby Swadling scored a team-high three goals for the second time this season and senior Isabel Williams finished one save shy of a season-high with 14 to lead the Bears over the Bruins for the second straight time dating back to last season. It was also the Bears' first win over a top-three opponent in 2023. They are already 1-0 against the Sun Devils this year, having held them to a season-low for goals in a 15-3 win at last month's Stanford Invitational.
[MGYM] Cal Meets Stanford, Illinois
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/track-field-cal-meets-stanford-illinois.aspx
BERKELEY – Following a week of rest for most of the team, California men's gymnastics is ready to hit the floor once more on Saturday as it travels back down to Palo Alto for the second time this season. Stanford, the nation's No. 2-ranked squad, will welcome both the Golden Bears and Illinois to Burnham Pavilion for a tri-meet at 4 p.m. PT.
After a very strong start to the season, Cal has been ravaged by injuries to several of its top performers, who are gradually recovering and on track to return for this final month of the regular season. The Bears have not been without their successes, however; two gymnasts (senior Noah Sano and freshman Theodor Gadderud) have each received MPSF weekly awards this season, while three other Bears (junior Noah Newfeld, junior Aidan Li and freshman Khalen Curry) have set program top-three marks, including a school record on vault from Curry.
[FB] Scott To Start NFL Combine Testing
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/football-scott-to-start-nfl-combine-testing.aspx
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Former Cal safety Daniel Scott is scheduled to start his measurable skills testing and participate in an on-field workout Friday at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. Top front office executives, coaching staffs, player personnel departments and medical personnel from all 32 NFL teams are in attendance at the Lucas Oil Stadium event to evaluate the nation's top football prospects eligible for the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft.
Scott is scheduled to be tested Friday in the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, broad jump, 3 cone drill, and 20 and 60-yard shuttles, while his bench press is slated for Saturday. He arrived at the combine Tuesday as part of the defensive backs' group and went through a series of events including exams, interviews and meetings on Wednesday and Thursday. A full players' schedule can be accessed at nflcombine.net/players/schedule/.
[SB] Bears Finish Tournament Play With DeMarini Invitational
https://calbears.com/news/2023/3/2/softball-bears-finish-tournament-play-with-demarini-invitational.aspx
BERKELEY – The California softball team wraps up tournament play with four games at the DeMarini Invitational this weekend, playing Miami (Ohio) and Villanova across the Bay at Stanford before the finale of the tournament at Levine-Fricke Field on Sunday.
Cal faces Miami (Ohio) to begin action at Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium on Friday at noon and finishes play at Stanford on Saturday with a 10:30 a.m. first pitch vs. Villanova followed by a 1 p.m. rematch with the RedHawks. Sunday's home opener vs. the Wildcats is set for a 1 p.m. start.
Go Bears!!!