Jason McCabe Calacanis, Super Internet Jedi Samurai

Jason McCabe Calacanis

I'm a "cereal" entrepreneur who has built a half dozen businesses.

I've been lucky enough to invest in 20 startups including www.GDGT.com, www.Blippy.com, www.ChallengePost.com, www.backupify.com and www.Thumbtack.com.

I write emails that people find equal parts inspiring and infuriating (at www.jasonnation.com).

I host a show on the internet called This Week in Startups twice a week. You can find it at www.thisweekin.com.

I have the twitter handle at jason: www.twitter.com/jason

Santa Monica, CA

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Questions 36

What's something we could do at the @LAUNCH festival that would help entrepreneurs even more than the $369k in prizes and huge launch stage?

Looking for some creative ideas to make the conference even better for founders.

Is it 'cheaper' for folks to "print" household objects at home on a 3d printer or at a factory and shipped?

Assuming 3d printers were already paid for in 100% of homes, I'm wondering if it's "cheaper" for folks to print a spoon or cup at home then have it shipping from a factory in Ch...

What are some examples of well-designed quiz software, with or without adaptive learning?

We're looking to add some light quiz software to Mahalo's educational app and I'm doing a little market research on two things:...

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AngelList: How do you contact someone on Angellist? Jason Calacanis openly asked for people to contact him about LAUNCH, but I am unable to message ...

or you could guess my first name at my lastname dotcom. :-)

18 votes — Feb 9, 2012

Is Mahalo profitable?

We have slipped into profitability in the past year (gasp!!!), and we could easily be profitable if we wanted to right now. However our focus right now is in investing heavily ...

6 votes — Dec 19, 2011

Is Quora what should have been Mahalo.com if it didn't pivot?

We had a solid success with the Q&A product, but I felt that Q&A was something that folks would not embrace in a large way and that video and iPad apps were more important....

6 votes — Nov 3, 2011