The blogosphere is real, and it can be really harsh on fakes… so, if you’re a phoney, you’re going to get your bell rung. – Jason Calacanis
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a ‘scam artist.’ – Jason Calacanis
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. – Jason Calacanis
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. – Jason Calacanis
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. – Jason Calacanis
Journalists have misquoted people for so long – and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record. – Jason Calacanis
No one has looked at news from new atomic units of content, like a tweet on Twitter. – Jason Calacanis
The companies that won’t do well will be the me-too companies: the fifth, sixth, seventh version of Twitter, etc. – Jason Calacanis
Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is extremely good at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups. – Jason Calacanis
When it comes to individual bloggers, they have many choices now that include blogging for a network or going solo. – Jason Calacanis
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. – Jason Calacanis
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. – Jason Calacanis
The balance of power shifts on the Internet to the individual. This is a two-way medium. – Jason Calacanis
I’ve become addicted to playing poker because you’re constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense. – Jason Calacanis
My first company produced ‘Silicon Alley Reporter’ magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor. – Jason Calacanis
Near-death experiences give you balance. You become more worldly. Your ideas become bigger. – Jason Calacanis
Fire fast: Fire people who do not fit into the culture of your company and who are negative. – Jason Calacanis
Instant access to anything is the future. So if you need a tutor or a baby sitter or a massage or any service, it’s going to be instantly available, 24 hours a day, through your phone, with one click. – Jason Calacanis
The only time I felt a little too exposed was for a week then I started life-streaming for a couple of hours a day on Qik and Ustream. It became very much like the film ‘We Live in Public.’ – Jason Calacanis
Obviously, New York and Boston and Los Angeles have pretty vibrant entrepreneurial scenes. – Jason Calacanis
Very, very few podcasts have made it to scale, and to me, that says this business will never be big. – Jason Calacanis