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
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I am not trying to model my career to be a one-hit wonder.
The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.
These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.
I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.
This concept that starting a company is so hard and that you'll never make it is conspiracy concocted by the rich and powerful to keep you from trying - and you've fallen for it.
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Very, very few podcasts have made it to scale, and to me, that says this business will never be big.
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