Adventures of an Opera-Singing CEO

So last week was nuts. In a good way. Last Monday, March 3, I did the Today Show live with Natalie, in a segment called “No Adventures in Babysitting.” It was an awesome segment about how to find a babysitter and the latest babysitting trends, with four kids in it! I nearly lost it and started laughing several times when Jack, the little guy to my left, started bouncing up and down in his little playpen (squeak, squeak, squeak!) but the segment went very well. This is the fourth time I have done the Today Show and every time gets better!

Here’s a link to the segment:

http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&fg=rss&vid=daff2fe3-c444-42eb-918b-9aeae40b720a&from=34

Then, on Tuesday, March 4, I was in the audience for a taping of The View! It was incredible to sit in the audience and watch Whoopi Goldberg talk about Sittercity.com. It again reminds my why it’s worth flyering an entire city to invent online care. The segment was about how to live the life of a celebrity–without the cost. Here are the perks the privileged enjoy, along with tips for how you can get them without emptying your piggy bank:

• Why do celebrities and rich people never have to wait in line at the airport? Flyclear.com

• How to get the best nannies and topnotch childcare? Sittercity.com

• How are the rich and famous always in great shape and tend to have the best trainers? Pumpone.com

• How do celebrities have the best clothes before they’re even in stores? Gilt.com

• How do you eat like the rich? Magickitchen.com

• How can a regular person vacation like a rock star? Homeexchange.com

The rest of the week was a fun mess of meetings and keynote speeches. On friday, March 7, I also did a live spot on CNN, for their “Young People who Rock” section. We talked about how I had invented Sittercity and the idea of online care at Boston College, back in 2001, and where it has gotten to now as the leader in its field. They specifically asked me what my family thinks, which is funny because they are still making fun of me…and making me babysit. But that’s what family is for, I guess.

What a fun week! The funniest part about Friday was that my spot was bumped due to Jesse Jackson, who was in the CNN briefing room and VERY agitated about something, I never learned what. He had a lot to say, and so my segment ran 15 mins later than usual. However, I got to high-five him into the segment room, which was worth it just to email the story back to the Sittercity home team later.Anyway, more from the road as the adventure continues…