Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis
Jason McCabe Calacanisis an American Internet entrepreneur and blogger. His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company that he co-founded together with Brian Alvey, capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL. As well as being an angel investor in various technology startups, Calacanis also keynotes industry conferences worldwide...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth28 November 1970
CountryUnited States of America
AOL has a great collection of brands, and the question is, 'Can they innovate and scale their business?' And those are very challenging things to do. But I think they are well positioned to grow.
If I said I was going to make a newsletter that made $2-$3 million a year, no one would question me. If I say, 'It's a blog,' everyone questions me.
Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.
Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes.
Since the number has been stated as not out of line it sounds like someone is trying to play this down.
The reason I bought the Tesla was to help fund the Model S - and because I like things that are fast, sexy and high-tech.
The only time I felt a little too exposed was for a week then I started life-streaming for a couple of hours a day on Qik and Ustream. It became very much like the film 'We Live in Public.'
While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.
What I've learned in my career is that it takes the same amount of effort to build a $10bn company as it does a $1bn company; you as the entrepreneur are going to put your entire life, your entire effort into it.
When it comes to education, there is no one site you can point to that you can say, 'They speak to the world, and that is the site where you go to learn.'
When it comes to individual bloggers, they have many choices now that include blogging for a network or going solo.
You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.
Until you use the iPad for a couple of weeks, you can't appreciate it. But it quickly becomes your primary consumption device.
Today you can start a blog, build an audience, and give the advertising slots to AdBrite or Google AdSense.