Jason Calacanis

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

“All we have to do is find something we love doing each day, surround ourselves with like-minded people, and put all of our effort into that one thing at all times.”

“I really think the Uberfication of everything is a trend that I didn't expect to be coming this fast. I mean, every single thing you want to do in your life, people are building services to take all the pain out.”

“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.”

“The only way to make podcasting a real big business would be if you could somehow get the top seven podcasters to team up and make a mega-network.”

“The key to building a sustainable content company is to control costs.”

“I don't need YouTube's money. I have my own money.”

“Near-death experiences give you balance. You become more worldly. Your ideas become bigger.”

“If I said I was going to make a newsletter that made $2-$3 million a year, no one would question me. If I say, 'It's a blog,' everyone questions me.”

“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.”

“Apps, email, and social are the three things Google does not control.”

“Go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life.”

“The Internet is about giving the consumer exactly what they want, whether there's an audience of one or 1,000 or 10,000, and then figuring out how to make money on it later.”

“The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don't break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we've fought so hard to create.”

“I think Google's a brilliant company, filled with brilliant people who have done brilliant things.”

“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.”

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

“It turns out a human being in two, three or four hours can build a search result that's much better than Google, Yahoo or Ask.”

“Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.”

“The idea is that angel investors are supposed to be wealthy people supporting people who need funds, typically who are not wealthy, and don't have the ability to do it themselves.”