October 2011
1 post
SOLD to Eurosport/Sports Endeavors!
Sports Endeavors, Inc.
431 US Highway 70A East
Hillsborough, NC 27278
919-640-6800
MEDIA CONTACT: For Immediate Release
Patti Latimer 919.640.6048
platimer@sportsendeavors.com
Sports Endeavors, Inc announces acquisition of Vivo Girls Sports, Inc.
HILLSBOROUGH, NC October 4, 2011: Sports Endeavors, Inc today announced the acquisition of Vivo Girls Sports, Inc. (vivoGS),...
May 2011
2 posts
NBA Exec Dares to Leave the Shadow of his own Life →
Well, here we go. There it is front page of the NYT today. “This is one of the last industries where the subject is off limits,” said Mr. Welts, who stands now as a true rarity, a man prominently employed in professional men’s team sports, willing to declare his homosexuality. “Nobody’s comfortable in engaging in a conversation.”
Not only are we unwilling to engage in the conversation, millions...
““It is not the critic who counts: not the (wo)man who points out how the...”
December 2010
3 posts
It's a Merry Christmas already
Last night the vivoTeam came over to celebrate the holidays together. I mean, the WHOLE team. The kind, smart folks who answer questions that teenage girls across the country ask. Our willing and experienced advisors who are there for me at all hours to talk me off the ledge. And a slew of my “Family and Friends” who invested in vivoGS; what would an entrepreneur do without the...
How to Win
“Maybe the reason I love to win is because it hurts so much to lose. And I can’t stand pain. You may call it neurotic, but when you think about it, almost anybody who has been successful in life - in sports, the arts, business or everyday living suffers pain when they lose.
To be a winner you must have total self-awareness. You’ve got to be aware of how much training your body...
October 2010
2 posts
"Think Like a Queen"...
…“A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” Oprah.
Great story in NYT today about being secure with being insecure as a CEO.
“For whatever reason, people believe that when they get to that spot, they have to know everything. They’ve got to be in total control, and you can never show weakness. I would say one of the underlying strengths of...
Athletic Women Do Better in Business
From Today’s Daily Beast:
“Athletic women make more money and hold more upper-management positions than those who shun sports—and their numbers are growing. Danielle Friedman on why it pays to play.
Perched in their chic Manhattan headquarters, Jenny Carter Fleiss and Jenn Hyman may be miles—literally and figuratively—from the high school track and volleyball court on which they...
September 2010
1 post
Even WSJ says we're in the right place at the...
Great week for vivoGS! This article in the Wall Street Journal says it best… the time is right for consumer web start-ups like vivoGS to wildly succeed. Especially those with meaningful content, like our Q&A and product review sections, to a very targeted vertical in the marketplace, girls 13-24 with a shared passion for sports and an active healthy lifestyle.
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August 2010
5 posts
Loving our Customers
So excited to see our fan page continue to grow and to welcome new sponsors aboard! The engagement we provide with our girls across multiple platforms, giving them the trusted and supportive environment they deserve, allows meaningful engagement with the brands that want to reach them. We’re providing a vital hub for all.
Welcome HINT Water, KIND Healthy Snacks, MaxClarity and HairShots!
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Run Kristin Run!
Now this is an interesting blog by our new intern Kristin Ferrell who is becoming a long-distance runner, training for her first half-marathon! Follow her trials and tribulations, plus she is quickly becoming the Reigning Queen of Energy Drinks. She’s trying them all and gives you the lowdown on each. Plus she wears cute running clothes and I’m hopeful she can help me update my own...
Weird Resume is Right
The path to entrepreneurship often covers exactly the right ground, in ways we could never predict. Interests and experience that seem to be unrelated eventually turn out to be precisely the preparation a specific new venture requires.Marilou McFarlane, for example, has recently launched Vivo Girls Sports, an online community for athletic girls aged 13-22. If she had known when she was a kid...
So many of them are leaving for college...
I ran with my goddaughter Jamie last weekend. She texted me at the Danville Mustang Stampede soccer tournament, where goddaughter Galen and I were watching my Darcy and her Marin FC team tear it up. She asked if I could run the Dipsea trail with her to discuss her impending journey to UPenn to join their cross-country and track program. So many miles, too many miles, these young women...
My Big Girl goes to College
So, last weekend was the big weekend. You always think about the day your kid leaves for college, and you actually leave her there, and this was it. Craig and I left her with her new freshmen teammates at the University of North Carolina in the soccer team locker room to sleep on air mattresses for two weeks, until the dorms open. Apparently, this is the tradition since the first freshman class...
July 2010
3 posts
New York, Astia + girl athletes
This Astia conference here in NYC is unbelievable. The business we are building will benefit enormously from the wealth of knowledge and experience being bestowed upon Kathy and me. Steve Blose, team photographer and dad on Kelly’s semi-pro soccer team, the North Bay Wave, took fantastic photos of the team on Sunday and left me a voicemail today that we could surely use his photos on our...
Big Week in Sports and in vivoLand
So, I’m out of my mind thrilled about the Spain-Netherlands game tomorrow, as is the whole world, except maybe the US. Going to the farmer’s market early tomorrow to get some good eats for friends coming over to help us cheer, analyze, cheer, analyze. I have to keep both of those activities to a minimum with Kelly and Darcy around which is understandable since they both know the...
Ryanne's Riff
This summer our vivoGS interns are writing some incredible stuff. Thought I’d feature some of their articles that inspire me here. Is it weird that I feel that “game-day hunger” nearly every day? Constantly updating ourselves and challenging ourselves is what makes us alive. Don’t ever get complacent or lose that youthful hunger for challenge. Thanks, Ryanne, for putting...
June 2010
4 posts
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Not One Pair
So last night after seeing Get Him to the Greek, which I’m embarrassed to say I found hilarious, our friend and vivoGS Intern Amy Schlueter tells me she went shopping at Union Square in downtown SF yesterday.
With money to burn in her pocket and inspiration from all the World Cup games, Amy needed some new cleats for her pre-season training before heading back to Middlebury to kick some...
Not One Pair
So last night after seeing Get Him to the Greek, which I’m embarrassed to say I found hilarious, our friend and vivoGS Intern Amy Schlueter tells me she went shopping at Union Square in downtown SF yesterday. With money to burn in her pocket and inspiration from all the World Cup games, Amy needed some new cleats for her pre-season training before heading back to Middlebury to kick some...
Triumph over Adversity
The 100th Dipsea last Sunday morning turns out to have been a metaphor for my life right now. Taking a hard knock and coming back up swinging. I’m feeling better than ever, passing gobs of people going up Dynamite, hitting Hog’s Back breathing beautifully, muscles all in sync, when all of a sudden, a nagging tight left calf muscle rears its ugly head. As I stopped in the first...
Ajax for boys. Fine but what about the girls?
Well, it’s been awhile. Not sure this is the best place to post a blog b/c some vivoGirls have said this one is too hard to sign up on. Any other opinions out there for me? Enjoyed the article on the Ajax in the Netherlands in the NYT Mag on Sunday. But just curious, how do the girls of the Netherlands feel about this? Why no comparable academy for girls there? This is the kind of things...
April 2010
8 posts
Summer Internships - Don't Be Shy
I sit here on a bluebird day in Mill Valley and feel happy it’s Friday. I’ve been thinking alot about not only all of our new fans in facebook, but also these awesome brand ambassadors we have representing us on college campuses across the country. Amanda, Brittny, Amber, Roya, Renee, Ryanne, Sarah, Amy, Katie, Brooke, Lindsey, and others, thank you for joining us on our mission to...
Elective surgery and other scary places women go
So, I’m reading Elle magazine recently, which my daughter and I bought for some beach reading last week, and I totally love Fergie. She rocks. And she admits that keeping her body fit and strong is an ongoing exercise in diligence and responsibility. Like, if you want to feel good and strong, then you have make little decisions every day to eat healthy food in moderation, work out nearly...
Facebook Fan Page Joy
Facebook contest today was a hit. Before I even knew the post was loaded up, we had 3 girls already commenting! Sharing their most favorite food! Not happy about all the food choices :-), but very happy with the responses. I just felt like giving away some t-shirts and other assorted swag today to our vivo girls. It was so much fun, we’re just going to keep doing it. Fan page is a blast....
vivoGirls love summer sports camps
So, seeing our Vivo Girls Sports fan page take off is exhilarating. Here at the beach for spring break with my family, I am desperately trying NOT to check my iPhone, with new facebook app added my daughter, constantly to interact with the new fans there. Our vivoGS girls seem to be in the summer camp mode NOW, and we hope they realize how cool their closest university or college camps just...
Jackie Joyner-Kersee + Me
Okay, I’m having my perfect day. Starting with… wake up, realize I can sleep in, sleep in. Run with my daughter on a bluebird day on the beach. Make donuts with teenage daughters and friends who have never had a “home-made donut” (the special cheater way, and don’t worry it is the once-a-year treat from Mom), sit in sun and catch up on all the reading I never seem to...
Hey girls, just keep playing.
I love girls who love sports. It’s the reason for starting this business. I want girls who love sports now, as teenagers, to continue to play and have the same fun playing all their lives. The teammates you have as a teenager will be your buds for the rest of your life. When I was a teenager, my sports were my sanity and my teammates were my saviours. Still, one of the primary ways I...
Bullies
So this whole bullying thing is really troubling. What can we as a community of girls do to try and prevent these senseless deaths in the future? What if Phoebe Prince knew those mean girls were nothing but a short blip in her life? That they would become a distant, if painful, memory? What if she had even one bold upperclassman to depend on? What if one of the adults actually took disciplinary...
Getting fired up to train for the Dipsea
This time of year is always very happy for me. This is the time of year that my friends and I train on the Dipsea trail, the famous 7-ish mile route from downtown Mill Valley over Mt. Tam to Stinson Beach. This year the race celebrates its 100th anniversary. It is the second oldest footrace in the US, only the Boston Marathon has been run more years. This will be my 20th running, would have been...
March 2010
2 posts
Wow, that Stanford game showed some kind of heart. Who says the girls’ game isn’t exciting?
Hey, girls and young women. We’re building this site for you, your teams, your buds. I want to hear straight from you what you feel you need as a young athlete. And what you want. We created this company b/c we feel like girl athletes are still not given the respect they are due. Nor do you have all the information at your fingertips that you need to be successful. We want to show you...