Princeton Football Alumni Game (10th Reunion) from justfndoit on Vimeo.
Gerry Wilson forgot he was 32 years old and decided to lace up the cleats and hit Princeton Stadium one last time.
"That's pride f*cking with you."
Music:
"Light Up" - Drake featuring Jay-Z
at the very least it got me an article in the Wall Street Journal this morning.
A Learning Experience
Professionals urge people who have been laid off not to lose perspective, and to try to grow from the experience. That was the case for Gerry Wilson, who says getting laid off turned out to be a good thing.
Mr. Wilson graduated from Princeton in 2000 and took a job with MicroStrategy Inc., an Internet software company. After two months training at company headquarters in Virginia, he headed to New York to begin work. The first day, he was told that his consultant position was being eliminated.
Mr. Wilson parlayed his expertise with MicroStrategy's software into another consulting position, making nearly double what his salary would have been. He later started consulting on his own and saved enough money to attend business school. There, he developed a plan for his own business, yoonew inc., an online exchange that lets sports fans bet on a shot at Super Bowl or World Series tickets, long before the event. He raised funding from angel investors and now runs yoonew.
"All I have done has been because I was laid off on my first day," he says.
I'll be the first to admit, I'm a self-proclaimed Mark Zuckerberg hater. I'm not sure how we've gotten to where we are today, but Facebook is all over the place. The more I try to run from it, the more difficult it becomes to avoid the revolution. I think I came to this realization sometime last week. While connecting with an old classmate, I saw that he joined a group called "Don't Name Princeton's Mascot."
Prior to logging in Facebook, I had no idea that this "contest" existed. Some genius at the university thought it would be a good idea to name the Princeton mascot. How idiotic (for a plethora of reasons)! I immediately joined the group and proceeded to invite every single Princeton friend. 20 minutes later I had 20 friends join me. The wall posts on the group page confirmed that my outrage was not alone. As of right now, there are 500+ members. Now I can't say that we've won the battle, but the link to the asinine contest has been removed from the varsity sports homepage.
Is our group that powerful? Is Facebook the next Google? Did Mark just punk Shirley? I won't go so far as to say yes, but something happened. Something potentially powerful.
Mark...c'mon bro. Make me like you. Just admit it. You didn't plan this revolution. You got a lot of help. I would respect you a lot more if you just admit that luck has a lot to do with Facebook's success.
