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词条 Jason Calacanis
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

     Angel investing 

  3. Bibliography

  4. References

  5. External links

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| name = Jason Calacanis
| image = Jason Calacanis (6723612583).jpg
| caption = Jason Calacanis, January 2012
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|11|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City
| Net worth =
| alma mater = Fordham University (B.A.)
| occupation = Internet entrepreneur / Blogger
| nationality = American
| citizenship = United States
| spouse =
|religion = }}Jason McCabe Calacanis (born November 28, 1970[1]) is an American Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, author and blogger.[2][3] His first company was part of the dot-com era in New York, and his second venture, Weblogs, Inc., a publishing company that he co-founded together with Brian Alvey, capitalized on the growth of blogs before being sold to AOL.[4] As well as being an angel investor in various technology startups,[5][6]

Calacanis also presents at industry conferences worldwide.[7][8]

Early life

Calacanis was born in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn, New York and has two brothers.[9] He graduated from Xaverian High School in 1988. He then attended Fordham University, where he received a B.A. in psychology.[10]

Career

As a blogger,[11] Calacanis co-founded the blog network Weblogs, Inc. with Brian Alvey in September 24, 2003, supported by an angel investment from Mark Cuban.

Two years after inception, the Weblogs, Inc. blogs business was generating $1,000 a day just from AdSense.[12] Time Warner's America Online agreed to buy Weblogs, Inc. in October 2005 for $25–30 million.[13]

Calacanis's biggest success to date is Weblogs, Inc., which was sold to AOL in 2005.

Before forming Weblogs, Inc., Calacanis was founder and CEO of Rising Tide Studios, a media company that published print and online publications. During the dot-com boom, Calacanis was active in New York's Silicon Alley community, and in 1996 began producing the Silicon Alley Reporter. Originally a 16-page photocopied newsletter, it eventually expanded into a 300-page magazine, with a sister publication called the Digital Coast Reporter for the West Coast. Calacanis' socializing earned him a nickname as the "yearbook editor" of the Silicon Alley community.[14] The company also organized conferences in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco focused on the Internet, web, and New Media. With the end of the Dot-com bubble, Silicon Alley Reporter failed, and the company was sold out of bankruptcy to a private equity firm.[15]

On November 16, 2006, TechCrunch reported that Calacanis had resigned from his position as CEO of Weblogs, Inc. and general manager of Netscape.[16] Calacanis later confirmed this on his blog and the Gillmor Gang podcast.[17][18]

Calacanis joined Sequoia Capital as an EIA (entrepreneur in action) in December, 2006,[19][20]

a position which he held until May, 2007.[21]

He launched the web directory Mahalo ("thank you" in Hawaiian), which raised $20 million in venture capital from investors including Sequoia Capital, News Corp, CBS, Mark Cuban, and Elon Musk. The company hit a peak of 15 million unique visitors a month and achieved profitability in 2011, but suffered a sharp decline in traffic that year from the Google Panda search algorithm update and shut down in 2014.[22]

Calacanis founded ThisWeekIn.com,[23] which in 2012, shut down. But now is again live and people can listen to it as a weekly podcast.[24]

ThisWeekInStartups.com (also called TWiSt) is a show hosted by Calacanis.[25][26]

Angel investing

In 2009, Calacanis founded the Open Angel Forum, an event that connects early-stage startups with angel investors. The forum was the culmination of a series of public comments by Calacanis questioning the ethics of pay-to-pitch angel forums.[27] Calacanis believes startups shouldn't have to pay to pitch angel investors, calling out fees that can range from $1,000 to $8,000 for a single 10- or 15-minute presentation.[28][29]

Calacanis raised a $10 million fund for his own venture investment firm to invest in startups that emerged from the Launch conference.[30][31] Limited partners in the fund include David Sacks.[32]

Following the success of the Launch conference,[33] Calacanis declared his intent to get closer and more involved in the new ventures that emerged from that conference.[34] The level of investment was around $25,000 to $100,000 in five to 10 startups per year.[35][36]

Calacanis publicly announced in 2018 that he sold all of his Facebook stock, expressing sharp criticism of company CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on the Too Embarrassed to Ask podcast. He called Zuckerberg "completely immoral" in how he runs the business and said, "No founder should ever sell a company to him."[37]

Calacanis authored a book titled "Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000" on angel investing published by HarperCollins in 2017.[38]

Bibliography

  • Jason Calacanis, Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups, Harper Business, 2017 {{isbn|9780062560704}}

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=My retirement party|author=Jason Calacanis|work=Jason Calacanis weblog|date=November 28, 2005|url=http://www.calacanis.com/2005/11/28/my-retirement-party/|accessdate=April 21, 2006}}
2. ^Business Lessons from @Jason's TWiST (This Week in Start-Ups) | The Social Entrepreneurship Exchange {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105024806/http://socentex.com/2009/12/business-lessons-from-jasons-twist-this-week-in-start-ups/ |date=2013-11-05 }}. Socentex.com (2009-12-13). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
3. ^Jason Calacanis | CrunchBase Profile. Crunchbase.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
4. ^Jason Calacanis Timeline: From Weblogs to AOL to Sequoia. Labnol.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
5. ^Jason McCabe Calacanis. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
6. ^Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis raising a $10 million fund. 4-Traders. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
7. ^Jason Calacanis Keynote at Blog Business Summit. ConversionRater (2006-10-26). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
8. ^Who is Jason Calacanis – Why Should You care?. iBusinessLogic.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
9. ^{{Citation|last=carpoolUK|title=Jason Calacanis {{!}} Carpool|date=2010-05-12|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stDBc8CIh74|accessdate=2017-10-02}}
10. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.mediacenter.org/content/5140.cfm |title= Featured Discussion Leaders |publisher= The Media Center |year= 2007 |accessdate= June 6, 2007 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070504112726/http://www.mediacenter.org/content/5140.cfm |archivedate= May 4, 2007}}
11. ^The Blogfather? Jason Calacanis expands family : @ProBlogger. Problogger.net (1970-01-01). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
12. ^Penenberg, Adam L.. (2007-09-01) Man vs. Machine | Fast Company | Business + Innovation. Fast Company. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
13. ^{{cite web |author=Arrington, Michael |date=October 5, 2005| url=https://techcrunch.com/2005/10/05/aol-acquires-weblog-inc/ |title=AOL Acquires Weblogs, Inc. |publisher=techcrunch.com |accessdate=2010-06-14 }}
14. ^Grigoriadis, Vanessa (March 6, 2000). "Silicon Alley 10003". New York. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
15. ^Naraine, Ryan (October 8, 2001). "Silicon Alley Reporter Goes Under". ClickZ News; Incisive Interactive Marketing LLC. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
16. ^Arrington, Michael (November 16, 2006). [https://techcrunch.com/2006/11/16/jason-calacanis-resigns-from-aol/ "Jason Calacanis resigns from AOL"]. Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
17. ^Calacanis, Jason (November 17, 2006). "Yes it's true, I'm leaving AOL" The Jason Calacanis Weblog. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
18. ^Farber, Dan. (2006-11-17) Jason Calacanis talks about leaving AOL and what's next. ZDNet. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
19. ^Arrington, Michael (December 5, 2006). [https://techcrunch.com/2006/12/05/calacanis-takes-position-at-sequoia-capital "Calacanis takes position at Sequoia Capital"]. Tech Crunch. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
20. ^Calacanis, Jason (December 5, 2006). "My new job". The Jason Calacanis Weblog. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
21. ^Why Jason Calacanis Is Betting All His Chips On Web Video. The Rise to the Top. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
22. ^{{cite web|title=Mahalo.com: Pivot or Die|publisher=Fast Company|author=Adam L. Penenberg|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/1837480/mahalocom-pivot-or-die|date=June 14, 2012|accessdate=June 18, 2018}}
23. ^http://www.crunchbase.com/company/this-week-in
24. ^{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/14/this-week-in-wind-down/|title=Jason Calacanis Says He Will Shut Down Podcast Network ThisWeekIn.com, This Week In Startups Will Continue|author=Anthony Ha|publisher=AOL|work=TechCrunch}}
25. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjwalker/2011/05/10/is-jason-calacanis-the-best-talk-show-host-on-tv-today-media-training/ |title=Is Jason Calacanis the best talk show host on tv today media training?work=Forbes | first=TJ | last=Walker}}
26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/07/this-week-in-startups.html|title=This Week In Startups|author=Fred Wilson|work=avc.com}}
27. ^{{cite web|author=Paul Boutin|date=December 6, 2009|url=https://venturebeat.com/2009/12/06/serial-entropr-calacanis-launches-open-angel-forum-a-free-access-to-investors-program/|title=Calacanis Launches Open Angel Forum|publisher=VentureBeat|accessdate=August 11, 2010}}
28. ^{{cite web|title=Pay-to-Pitch Comes Creeping Back: How Much Is Too Much?|url=https://observer.com/2011/12/pay-to-pitch-how-much-is-too-much/|author=Adrianne Jeffries|publisher=Observer|date=December 12, 2011|accessdate=June 21, 2018}}
29. ^{{cite web|title=Why startups shouldn't have to pay to pitch angel investors|author=Jason Calacanis|date=October 9, 2010|url=http://calacanis.com/2009/10/09/why-startups-shouldnt-have-to-pay-to-pitch-angel-investors/|accessdate=August 11, 2010}}
30. ^Racism Denier Jason Calacanis Is Starting His Own VC Fund {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608102800/http://valleywag.gawker.com/racism-denier-jason-calacanis-is-starting-his-own-vc-f-511058699 |date=2013-06-08 }}. Valleywag.gawker.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
31. ^Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis raising a $10 million fund. FinancePlus (2013-06-04). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
32. ^Launch founder Jason Calacanis raising $10 million venture fund {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130618033721/http://www.techinvestornews.com/Enterprise/Blogs-and-Tech-Dialogue/launch-founder-jason-calacanis-raising-10-million-venture-fund |date=2013-06-18 }}. Techinvestornews.com (2013-06-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
33. ^[https://venturebeat.com/2013/06/03/launch-founder-jason-calacanis-raising-10-million-venture-fund/ Launch founder Jason Calacanis raising $10 million venture fund]. VentureBeat (2013-07-15). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
34. ^[https://archive.is/20130618034010/http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2013/06/03/entrepreneur-jason-calacanis-raising-10-million-fund/ Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis Raising a $10M VC Fund]. Fox Business (2013-06-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
35. ^[https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/04/us-venture-calacanis-newfund-idUSBRE95301W20130604 Entrepreneur Jason Calacanis raising a $10 million fund]. Reuters. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
36. ^Private equity and venture capital news, data and community. peHUB (2013-06-03). Retrieved on 2013-07-19.
37. ^{{cite web|title=Why did Jason Calacanis sell all his Facebook stock?|author= Eric Johnson|publisher=Recode|url=https://www.recode.net/2018/5/4/17317824/jason-calacanis-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-immoral-instagram-copying-snapchat-kara-swisher-podcast|date=May 4, 2018|accessdate=June 15, 2018}}
38. ^{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/993752430|title=Angel : how to invest in technology startups-timeless advice from an angel investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000|last=1970-|first=Calacanis, Jason,|isbn=9780062560711|edition= First |location=New York, NY|oclc=993752430}}
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  • Brown, Eryn (January 2006). [https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/blogger.html "Revenge of the Dotcom Poster Boy"]. Wired; Conde Nast Digital. Retrieved 2010-06-19.
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