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Calacanis: the Tony Robbins of Web 2.0

Started by mathewi · 9 months ago

Jason Calacanis, the diminutive entrepreneur behind Weblogs Inc. and the “people-powered search engine” known as Mahalo, seems to be attempting to transform himself from just a scrappy CEO into a Web 2.0 cross between Deepak Chopra and Tony Robbins. It’s actua ... Continue reading »

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  • howardlindzon

    9 months ago

    troublemaker :)

    ans kissass :)
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  • Michael_Markman

    9 months ago

    Why is this a binary choice? It's all true.
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  • Shelley

    9 months ago

    The political world has Sarah Palin and the tech world has...Jason Calacanis.

    Oh, please, just shoot me now.
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  • delmar

    9 months ago

    wow, that was snarky and utterly rude. why are you making it personl? calcanis is right about the coming shakeout. others have warned of it as well. before this is over, the web 2.0 ecosystem will be devastated.
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  • gregorylent

    9 months ago

    access or assess .. .. .. deepak, tony, jason .. .. .. hmm .. .. .. guess that means a book is up next
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  • Calcium Jacanis

    9 months ago

    Mahalo will be the first company to shut down at the first sign of the depression. This is Calcansis's exit-excuse. Poor me, the depression ate my startup! Wahhh.
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  • bz

    9 months ago

    I just think Calacanis is an arrogant a-hole.

    That said, I really do enjoy his appearances on TWiT, but I still think he's a total ass.
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  • centernetworks

    9 months ago

    was this blog hacked?
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  • mathewi

    9 months ago

    Not sure what you mean, Allen
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  • danny BROWN

    9 months ago

    Let's see - someone that recommends you fire a person who's good at their job? And who would have you hold back on your financial commitments to your leasers and insurers (so basically putting more companies at risk of financial ruin)?

    I'm surprised there's even a choice in the answer.

    And for someone to only want to hear positive things said about him or nothing at all... doesn't that seem a bit egotistical?
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  • cantstandhim

    9 months ago

    Diminutive? DIMINUTIVE?

    ROFL.
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  • Ran Seflon

    9 months ago

    I assume Calacanis wanted the content taken down because he wants to preserve the exclusivity of his email subscription list.
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  • danny BROWN

    9 months ago

    If that was the case he would have asked for them to be taken down when he realized they were first up.

    They only came down when he realized that instead of his ego being stroked further, he was reading the truth about his views as opposed to the ones he wanted to hear.
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  • CD

    9 months ago

    I'm no business whiz but don't most start ups fail? Why are Web2.0 outfits any different, this is just digital snake oil.
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