科比退役后转行做风投 成立1亿美元风投基金

 　　Kobe Bryant, the former US National Basketball Association league star, launches a US$100 million venture capital fund known as Bryant Stibel at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.

　　本周一，前NBA超级巨星科比·布莱恩特在纽约证券交易所启动了一个1亿美元的风险投资基金，名字为布莱恩特·斯蒂贝尔。

　　Mr Bryant, the former captain of the Los Angeles Lakers, told the Wall Street Journal he felt he has a talent for identifying entrepreneurs.

　　洛杉矶湖人队前队长科比在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，他认为自己在辨别企业家方面很有天赋。

　　The "Bryant Stibel" fund will invest in tech, media and data companies. Mr Stibel is an entrepreneur and investor¹ who founded several companies including Web.com.

　　据悉，“布莱恩特·斯蒂贝尔”基金将会给科技、媒体和数据公司投资。斯蒂贝尔先生是一位企业家和投资者，他曾经成立了包括Web.com在内的几个公司。

　　Mr Bryant, 37, retired² from basketball earlier this year after a 20-year career.

　　今年上半年，在完成长达20年的职业生涯之后，37岁的科比最终选择了退役。

　　科比退役后转行做风投 成立1亿美元风投基金

　　He has invested with Mr Stibel before, but this fund is the first formal partnership³ between them. The pair are financing the fund themselves.

　　科比之前也和斯蒂贝尔一起投资过，但是这次这笔风投资金是他们两人第一次正式合作。这笔基金是由两人自己出钱成立的。

　　Since 2013, they have invested in 15 companies together including sports website The Players Tribune, videogame designer Scopely, and legal-services company LegalZoom.

　　自从2013年以来，科比和斯蒂贝尔已经一起投资了15家公司，其中包括体育网站“玩家论坛”、电子游戏设计公司Scopely，以及法律服务公司LegalZoom。

　　Mr Bryant who was known for his strong work ethic⁴ in basketball said, similar skills are needed for sport and growing a business.

　　曾因在篮球领域良好的职业道德品质而闻名的科比表示，不管是体育运动还是经营一家公司，都需要相似的技能。

　　"It's the inner belief that a person has that he will endure no matter what the obstacle may be. It's that persistence⁵, the entrepreneur doing what he or she truly believes in and truly loves to do," he said.

　　科比说道：“这是一个人所拥有的内心信念--无论障碍是什么，他都能够克服。正是因为这种坚持，企业家们才能够做自己相信、自己喜欢的事情。”

　　The pair said the fund will last a few years and look to target companies where they feel they can add value through their business insight, and not through Mr Bryant's celebrity⁶.

　　科比和斯蒂贝尔表示，这笔基金将会持续运作几年，并且对那些他们觉得可以用自己的商业眼光来增加价值的公司投资，而不仅仅是依靠科比的名人效应。

　　Mr Stibel told the Wall Street Journal, "We don't want to be in the business of investing in companies so someone can use Kobe as an endorser⁷. That's not interesting. The point is to add real value".

　　斯蒂贝尔接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示：“我们不想在别人的公司里干商业投资的工作，因为那样的话科比就会被当做代言人。那样没什么意思。重要的是要增加真正的价值。”

1 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

4 ethic   

n.道德标准，行为准则

参考例句：

• They instilled the work ethic into their children.他们在孩子们的心中注入了职业道德的理念。
• The connotation of education ethic is rooted in human nature's mobility.教育伦理的内涵根源于人本性的变动性。

5 persistence   

n.坚持，持续，存留

参考例句：

• The persistence of a cough in his daughter puzzled him.他女儿持续的咳嗽把他难住了。
• He achieved success through dogged persistence.他靠着坚持不懈取得了成功。

6 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

7 endorser   

n.背书人，代言人

参考例句：

• Where the holder is an endorser,he has no right of recourse against the subsequent parties.持票人为背书人的，对其后手无追索权。
• The outcomes revealed that there is positive relationship between endorser's credibility and brand equity's dimensions.结论显示代言人的背景和品牌公平的面向有正面的关