Jason Calacanis Quotes
-
TechCrunch is the publication of record, but they're so bad and uninformed. It's insult after insult. When I play poker with other VC's, we all laugh at TechCrunch.
-
I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.
-
My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.
-
The idea is that angel investors are supposed to be wealthy people supporting people who need funds, typically who are not wealthy, and don't have the ability to do it themselves.
-
The first phase of social media was listening to the conversation. The second phase was joining the conversation. The third phase will be hosting the conversation on your site.
-
Of course the first version of an all-electric sports car is going to be expensive.
-
The web and physical world is plagued with abundance - people need help sorting through all the good and bad stuff out there. The tyranny of choice is causing major psychic pain and frustration for people.
-
I'm not an investor in Meerkat, sadly, or, Periscope - I missed both of those - however, I do have a lot of inside information.
-
I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.
-
Just start thinking about all the different services in your life. Like getting your dry cleaning picked up and dropped off. Nobody has done the Uber of that yet. But that will be Uberfied. You will arrange your dry cleaning via your phone.
-
Go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life.
-
In my next life, I would like to be Charlie Rose or Howard Stern or maybe something in between.
-
Let's make it so the more you invest in YouTube, the better deal YouTube gets for you.
-
For a first-time entrepreneur, there's nothing better than being in Silicon Valley because there is so much going on, and there's such a large number of inventors, that even a B level idea or a C level idea could be nurtured and be given venture capital there.
-
Fire people who are not workaholics.
-
These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Until you use the iPad for a couple of weeks, you can't appreciate it. But it quickly becomes your primary consumption device.
-
If the founder comes to work every day, and it's a struggle, that permeates the whole organization.
-
I've gotten more press than any entrepreneur could dream of - certainly more than I deserve - and I've never had a public relations firm working for me.
-
Do I think there's going to be a business in blogging? Yes.
-
My mission is to grow business in Silicon Alley.
-
Car technology needs to advance, and the best place for that to happen in is Silicon Valley.