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August 1, 2010
Mikhail Prokhorov, Stereotype Buster
New York Observer
By Sam Levin
This gloss of an in article in Forbes Russia talks about the Nets owner's love of Brooklyn's "unique energy", his hopes for a profitable basketball team and how his dislike of vodka breaks a stereotype. The article ends with some of Prokhorov's business philosophy.
“When you’re talking about the business of sports, you can’t leave out passion and love,” he says.
How does he handle conflicting interests of love and money? Self-discipline!
“In this business in particular, I need to be maximally careful, so that my passion and love for basketball don’t interfere with my business reasoning. It has to do with balancing my own internal interests and here I will be very self-disciplined.
NoLandGrab: Some self-discipline on the part of the city and state might have prevented the use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize a Russian oligarch.
Posted by steve at August 1, 2010 8:36 AM