Daily Archives: January 15, 2010

Revolution Money and American Express – Merger is Closed

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Our deal was blessed by all relevant parties and it closed today. So it is official. Revolution Money is now part of the American Express Company. I so look forward to helping Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express, and his talented team to become more of a digital payments company and to helping to drive Revolution Money to meet its higher calling. The social payments space is red hot. We will move fast now to provide great and compelling services to consumers that focus on online money transfer.

I am psyched. We are all excited and we are raring to go! Congratulations to the Revolution Money team. You earned your success but we are just getting started…

Thank You Lavar – Thank You Chad

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I have been listening to the Lavar Arrington and Chad Dukes show on 106.7 from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. It is a very well done sports show with smart commentary and a broad look at ALL sports and teams in our community.

I wanted to thank both Lavar and Chad for treating our sport and our team and our fans with respect and dignity. It is also a smart programming move by Lavar and Chad too.

The talk is straightforward, analytic, fun, crisp and smart.

The Washington Capitals have a massive audience now. The audience is very educated, very wealthy and highly interactive. It spends lots of time and money on Caps related events, products and services. We cherish our fans. As a media property, it is a good programming choice to embrace and extend to this audience. Our fans are passionate and care deeply about the team and advertisers want to reach this audience. Be nice. Talk about our team and our fans. Ratings and advertisers will follow you. It is so simple and so obvious. Why doesn’t everyone get this business fact?

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Buffalo

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Watch this film on SnagFilms.com, it is called The Forgotten City. It is a tale of loss and how many of our great inner cities have become war zones.

We need our inner cities to be thriving and beacons of economic development. We are quite fortunate that DC has reversed its trend of citizens departing and that as a city, it is actually growing and attracting people; growing its tax base; and attracting young businesses. We need to find ways to make sure the neighborhoods keep their authenticity and that we can co-mingle long time residents and “newbies” and find new jobs in our inner cities. We owe our great neighborhoods revitalization. And love and care.

This film touches on the many issues that face our country and a great city such as Buffalo. Watch it this weekend. Thank you.

An Open Note to Capstronaut

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Rocket Man.

Astroboy.

One small step for man.

Tonight  – Caps vs. Maple Leafs - you must come join us in the Owner’s Box.

We serve Tang with dinner.

If you are at the game tonight, just come on in. Find me. You are welcomed. Astronauts are true American heroes in my book.

I am reachable at WashingtonCaps@aol.com.

PS - Ron Wilson will love seeing you behind the bench.