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
I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
Near-death experiences give you balance. You become more worldly. Your ideas become bigger.
For three or four decades, we've been sitting here in front of this TV consuming a one-way medium that we had no control over.
People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a rich desktop and a light, cloud-based application framework. Why is it always either/or for people?
I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod.
That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'
If you are delusional, sometimes the reality catches up with your delusion, and then all of a sudden you are a genius.
America might be a dying empire, but it's not going to die in our lifetime - and it doesn't have to die at all.
Back in the '90s, folks were not sure if they could trust the Web, and frankly, a lot of the services back then didn't provide massive value.
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.
Apps, email, and social are the three things Google does not control.
As content creators, we're benefitting YouTube every day. YouTube couldn't do what they do without us, so do not underestimate your power.
This is a speculative space and no one has made it work yet. So there is a lot of work to do. Frankly, I'm not sure how many of these we'll do We're going to see how this one goes and grow from there.