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
The down market favours the small two-, three-, four-person company, not the huge company with 100 people losing half a million dollars a month.
Until you use the iPad for a couple of weeks, you can't appreciate it. But it quickly becomes your primary consumption device.
Unfortunately, it is a documentary and not a drama.
I am a huge fan of capitalism and a huge fan of entrepreneurship and changing the world with technology and with entrepreneurship. Capitalism is awesome. To me, capitalism is my religion.
I like to get attention for the things I think are important. And I think it is important that entrepreneurs - especially young ones - not be abused.
As a publisher, you have no direct relationship with advertisers.
I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.
The companies that won't do well will be the me-too companies: the fifth, sixth, seventh version of Twitter, etc.
Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.
Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.
If you get people to commit to an email relationship, it's the deepest, most intimate relationship you can have online. Much deeper than Facebook and certainly more intimate than a blog.
When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.
I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.