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 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.
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.
I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.
These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.
Since the number has been stated as not out of line it sounds like someone is trying to play this down.
I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.
Unfortunately, it is a documentary and not a drama.
Mahalo's business model is advertising. Yahoo, Google, Ask, AOL and MSN are all advertising-based. So I don't see anything wrong with advertising-based search.
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.
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.
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.
I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.
As a publisher, you have no direct relationship with advertisers.