A biography for Jason Calacanishasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.”
“I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod.”
“Car technology needs to advance, and the best place for that to happen in is Silicon Valley.”
“I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.”
“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.”
“Google indexes the world's information.”
“The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.”
“Do I think there's going to be a business in blogging? Yes.”
“The balance of power shifts on the Internet to the individual. This is a two-way medium.”
“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.”
“My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.”
“You have to get in the limelight based on what you do, how creative you are, and not how much money you make.”
“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.”
“I find podcasting an enticing space.”
“AOL has a great collection of brands, and the question is, 'Can they innovate and scale their business?' And those are very challenging things to do. But I think they are well positioned to grow.”
“In the technology industry, a 48 hour work week would be, for most, a vacation.”
“Commercial real estate is really a black box: its super opaque, and it's hard to get the information.”
“Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.”
“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.”