Little wonder that Fishburne — who was formerly senior vice president of investments at the Thiel Foundation — decided it might make sense to enlist her Breakout Labs colleagues — including its scientific director, Hemai Parthasarathy and portfolio director Julia Moore — and create a more traditional venture fund that can support some of these companies as they, yes, break out.
At ArenaFest, the audience will be encouraged to participate themselves through a variety of contest stations, including a Lacrosse Challenge, Guitar Hero, Next Top Model (to lure the ladies), Dodgeball, and Break Dancing (yes, break dancing).
So the next time you find yourself heartbroken, instead of wallowing on the couch with a pint of Ben & Jerry's (or eating some with Jon Stewart, like Robert Pattison did this week while discussing his very public breakup with Kristen Stewart), try turning on a song with an unapologetically strong set of pipes, killer lyrics, and the message that yes, break-ups suck, but you will come out stronger.
I don't think people are trained to turn to YES for breaking news.
"In ninth grade, he begged me to be his girlfriend," she said "After I said yes, he broke up with me and broke my heart".
"I lost $300 without a bonus, so yes, I broke the machine," George Govan, a 56-year-old man from Brooklyn, told security guards when he punched through a terminal screen in January, according to court records.
But he added that "these guys thought they were helping our ally in wartime, and yes, they broke the law, shouldn't have done what they did, and should have been proportionally punished for it; but the greater betrayal was by the state".
