In the second of our profiles on people at the intersection of money and meaning, the man behind Good Capital and SoCap Markets talks about feeding catfish, funding responsible startups, and why founders are like cottage cheese.
Kevin Jones was in transit at Hong Kong International Airport in 2007 when he read an email from an investor -- and it sparked the thought that changed his life. "I think we have the right people in the room," it said. "We don't need to work with anybody else."
Jones, who was running a new socially-minded investment firm called Good Capital, had been discussing the future of investing in clean technology with angel investors, foundations, and social entrepreneurs. "There were tons of laborious discussions by the same groups of people in increasingly airless rooms saying, what can we do to make this market take off? They'd go into their bunkers, hit the whiteboard,...
Kevin Jones was in transit at Hong Kong International Airport in 2007 when he read an email from an investor -- and it sparked the thought that changed his life. "I think we have the right people in the room," it said. "We don't need to work with anybody else."
Jones, who was running a new socially-minded investment firm called Good Capital, had been discussing the future of investing in clean technology with angel investors, foundations, and social entrepreneurs. "There were tons of laborious discussions by the same groups of people in increasingly airless rooms saying, what can we do to make this market take off? They'd go into their bunkers, hit the whiteboard,...
- 11/9/2010
- by Lisa Katayama
- Fast Company
Check out five new clips from the "Minute to Win It" episode with Kevin Jonas which airs on May 12th on NBC. The Guy Fieri-hosted show is executive-produced by Craig Plestis, Tim Puntillo, Mattias Olsson and Jock Millgardh. We have an interview clip with Guy Fieri and Kevin Jones as well as a behind-the-scenes look at shooting in Los Angeles. The clips are: 1. Kevin does "Matchmaker" challenge. 2. Kevin does "Nutsacker" challenge. NBC’s new competition show "Minute to Win It," hosted by All-American chef and television personality Guy Fieri ("Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives"), features competitors participating in a series of simple, yet nerve-wracking, games that can lead to a $1 million prize. In each one-hour episode competitors will face 10 challenges that escalate in level of difficulty using everyday household items. Each game has a one minute time limit and failure to finish the task on time will eliminate the contestant.
- 5/7/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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To celebrate the hotly anticipated release of Green Zone, in cinemas March 10th, we here at HeyUGuys are offering three lucky winners the chance to win Green Zone Goodie Bags and Books.
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that...
To celebrate the hotly anticipated release of Green Zone, in cinemas March 10th, we here at HeyUGuys are offering three lucky winners the chance to win Green Zone Goodie Bags and Books.
Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying thriller in Green Zone, a film set in the chaotic early days of the Iraqi War when no one could be trusted and every decision could detonate unforeseen consequences.
During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller (Damon) and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one booby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that...
- 3/3/2010
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The Hartt School presents the Music of Stephen Michael Gryc: An Anniversary Celebration
The Adaskin String Trio, along with Hartt faculty and students, perform music of Professor Stephen Michael Gryc on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 Pm in Berkman RecitAl Hall. In celebration of Gryc's sixtieth birthday and thirteenth year of teaching at The Hartt School, the concert will include works composed during each of the past four decades, from the Five Preludes for Flute Alone of 1979 to the String Quartet of 2005. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School presents An Evening with Guitar
The Hartt School presents An Evening with Guitar on Thursday, November 5, at 7:30 Pm in Berkman RecitAl Hall on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. This performance features the students of Richard Provost. Admission is free. Please call the University...
The Adaskin String Trio, along with Hartt faculty and students, perform music of Professor Stephen Michael Gryc on Sunday, November 1, at 3:00 Pm in Berkman RecitAl Hall. In celebration of Gryc's sixtieth birthday and thirteenth year of teaching at The Hartt School, the concert will include works composed during each of the past four decades, from the Five Preludes for Flute Alone of 1979 to the String Quartet of 2005. Admission is free. Please call the University Box Office at 860.768.4228 or 800.274.8587 or visit www.hartford.edu/hartt for more information.
The Hartt School presents An Evening with Guitar
The Hartt School presents An Evening with Guitar on Thursday, November 5, at 7:30 Pm in Berkman RecitAl Hall on the University of Hartford's West Hartford campus. This performance features the students of Richard Provost. Admission is free. Please call the University...
- 11/1/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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