Jason Calacanis Quotes
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The only way to make podcasting a real big business would be if you could somehow get the top seven podcasters to team up and make a mega-network.
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To get people to switch from Google, you have to offer something twice as better. But the truth is, the world doesn't actually need better-quality search. I think we've got good enough search.
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Google indexes the world's information.
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Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.
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The problem today isn't low-quality journalism, it's too much noise. If one out of five 'Business Insider' stories is original, the other four would be culled.
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Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Even if you're a relatively small player in search, that can still mean a company that's worth several billion dollars.
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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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Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.
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I find very few folks are watching their Facebook feed, some are watching their Twitter feed, and all of them are watching their email box. So, while social networks are nice, email is still the killer application.
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Social media, like blogs, are truth-seeking technologies. In fact, the Internet itself is the greatest truth-generating device ever created.
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YouTube has made a lot of changes to support time on site - a statistic they care about. But subscriber support is lacking.
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Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'
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The wisdom of the crowds has peaked. Web 3.0 is taking what we've built in Web 2.0 - the wisdom of the crowds - and putting an editorial layer on it of truly talented, compensated people to make the product more trusted and refined.
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Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.
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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.
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As the founder of your company, you must be in love with your brand and inspired by your brand's mission if you have any hope of getting press for your product.
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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.
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Creative destruction is gonna be the greatest thing that can happen to Manhattan.
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If folks focus in on a niche and own it, there is a good chance they could make half a living from blogging.
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If you've got a good job, you should bust your butt to make your company as successful and profitable as possible.
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After Sept. 11, New York wasn't the same, and that's part of the reason why I left.
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I think you need to have a very strong angel community that is committed to mentoring up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
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You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.