Daily Archives: April 6, 2010

Personal Updates

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I was asked recently by a media member “Ted where are you spending your time these days?

Well here you go:

I am still very involved with Revolution Money now that it is a part of American Express Company. I am enjoying working with American Express and its CEO as to its digital platform expansion plans.

I remain Chairman of Clearspring Technologies, operators of the AddThis Network. The platform and reach here continues to boom almost hitting 700 million monthly unique visitors around the world.

I also spend quality time at Snagfilms and IndieWIRE. I am majority owner of these enterprises and both business units are growing fast and will soon be profitable.

I am on a constant book tour for “The Business of Happiness”. I do interviews and book signing just about every week.

We finished work on a new film which I will tell everyone about quite soon. It is a heartwarming documentary.

I am active and on the board of directors of several private companies including Groupon, Mediabank, Mevio, and Bridgevine.

I serve on a few public company boards including Rosetta Stone .

I serve on the board of directors of Georgetown University.

I am day to day involved with the Washington Capitals and Washington Mystics, as majority owner.

I am working hard on final negotiations regarding the Washington Wizards and Verizon Center.

I have full days. I try to answer all of my email daily and I blog every day as well and try to keep up with folks on Facebook.

And I get to spend quality time with my family.

What a Day of Sports

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My head is spinning.

I can’t remember a day that was so filled with back to back sports action and debate and drama and action. And it was a Monday!

Let us review.

The Redskins made a huge trade. A big star is coming to town. A Super Bowl is discussed on air on radio 980.

The Nationals opened up their season. Potus wore a White Sox cap. The Nats lost to the Phillies. Traffic was off the chart bad but it was a beautiful day and fun was had by all even with the loss.

Tiger Woods played Augusta and held a press conference. The media swooned, snarled and did their thing.

Washington Bullets star Gus Johnson was voted into the basketball Hall of Fame. He was as Mr. Pollin once said “Dr J. before there was a Dr J.”– This is a well deserved honor.

Duke won a national championship. They have a proud program. Butler almost shocked the world but Coach K. knows how to coach in the Final Four. It is always about Duke. Congrats to the Blue Devils.

And the Washington Capitals won in overtime over the Boston Bruins giving us 116 points and a plus 80 goal differential. The worst team in the NHL in terms of plus /minus goal differential has a minus 67.Now that is a huge spread, isn’t it? Wow.

What a day. We are so tired. And today we rest.

Oh wait…we play the Penguins tonight in Pittsburgh in a back to back game.

No rest for the weary.

Sorry if What We Did Wasn’t Enough

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Read this blog post.As you can see this poster is amped up and NOT happy.

We honestly want people to be happy. We are in the business of happiness so this kind of snarl and vocabulary is hurtful and bothers us all.

At the heart of the matter is convenience and comfort for all patrons at the arena.

When a customer “LEANS IN” to watch the game the person behind the “leaner” most often gets their view blocked.

We would ask you all nicely without snarl and tough talk to please be considerate. Don’t block someone else’s view. Treat others the way you would want to be treated.

Please be conscious of the fact that there may be many people behind you that are having a difficult time in seeing the action. So just be aware. Be courteous. Be nice. We are all in this together.

I am glad this poster got the opportunity to vent and I hope he feels better. Self expression is good. So is primal scream therapy.

Thanks to all for treating each other like good neighbors and as part of a very tight knit community.

Go Caps.