Post by Alan on Aug 9, 2008 8:39:21 GMT -5
TOM'S TEAM TURNS 20
Flashback to August 8, 1988 (8/8/88), the day Tom Kiely founded TEAM Unlimited. The date was no random coincidence, rather Kiely's first strategic decision. With all those 8's and their strong connection to good luck, prosperity and fortune there was no way he could fail. And he didn't.
Twenty years to the day and Kiely's creation - which started with a $500 contract to help a bobbing boat tour operator get more business - is now a multifaceted, multimedia, multimillion dollar multisport operation (and I'm a multi-idiot for using all those multi-words in one sentence).
Seriously, though, in the past 20 years he's produced nearly 300 TV shows for dozens of destinations, created XTERRA which has blossomed into a Global Tour with almost 200 off-road triathlon and trail running events in 15 countries annually, built a worldwide community of dirt lovers, put together a line of licensed products, a 24/7 web TV network, a foundation that's putting at-risk kids through school, employed dozens of the most eclectic oddballs to ever walk the earth, and Lois is still his executive assistant.
Cheers TK, and thanks for all you've done....
Flashback to August 8, 1988 (8/8/88), the day Tom Kiely founded TEAM Unlimited. The date was no random coincidence, rather Kiely's first strategic decision. With all those 8's and their strong connection to good luck, prosperity and fortune there was no way he could fail. And he didn't.
Twenty years to the day and Kiely's creation - which started with a $500 contract to help a bobbing boat tour operator get more business - is now a multifaceted, multimedia, multimillion dollar multisport operation (and I'm a multi-idiot for using all those multi-words in one sentence).
Seriously, though, in the past 20 years he's produced nearly 300 TV shows for dozens of destinations, created XTERRA which has blossomed into a Global Tour with almost 200 off-road triathlon and trail running events in 15 countries annually, built a worldwide community of dirt lovers, put together a line of licensed products, a 24/7 web TV network, a foundation that's putting at-risk kids through school, employed dozens of the most eclectic oddballs to ever walk the earth, and Lois is still his executive assistant.
Cheers TK, and thanks for all you've done....