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Jason Calacanis

Profession : Businessman

Birth : November 28, 1970

The future of television is not on television but online. A majority of us are turning to our computers and mobile devices for news and entertainment, Millennials especially.

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You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.

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I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.

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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.

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I'm suggesting that, until America takes care of its debt, untangles the housing mess and gets unemployment under control, we all commit to working six days a week. Yep, move the standard 35-40 hour work week right up to 48 hours.

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If you are delusional, sometimes the reality catches up with your delusion, and then all of a sudden you are a genius.

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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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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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Risk-taking is my thing... I think of my company as my chip stack.

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Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.

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Things that look like an 'overnight success' typically are not.

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My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.

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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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When I was coming up as an entrepreneur, I had to fight for everything I got, and there was no clear roadmap of how to be successful.

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I think entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing.

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Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.

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I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.

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If you get people to commit to an email relationship, it's the deepest, most intimate relationship you can have online. Much deeper than Facebook and certainly more intimate than a blog.

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People like rich applications on their desktop, and there is no reason why you can't have both a rich desktop and a light, cloud-based application framework. Why is it always either/or for people?

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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.

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