Zitat des Tages von Jason Calacanis:
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.
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 find podcasting an enticing space.
CNN was crazy to think they could fill 24 hours with news - let alone around the world in 10 to 20 languages. Reuters or AP with a thousand people around the world covering news? Crazy.
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.
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.
I think it hurts blogs when they have to turn off their comments.
Do I think there's going to be a business in blogging? Yes.
That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a 'scam artist.'
Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.
Journalists have misquoted people for so long - and quoted them out of context that for many people like to have their words on record.
I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.
My mission is to grow business in Silicon Alley.
Near-death experiences give you balance. You become more worldly. Your ideas become bigger.
Car technology needs to advance, and the best place for that to happen in is Silicon Valley.
For tech, I like the 'DailySearchCast', 'TWiT' and anything Veronica Belmont does on CNET. I think Perez Hilton is a riot, and the rest of my consumption is by people: Folks like Dave Winer, Fred Wilson, Mark Cuban, Brian Alvey, Jeff Jarvis, Xeni Jardin, etc.
I syndicate my Twitter activity to Facebook, but I get very little traffic from it.
The down market favours the small two-, three-, four-person company, not the huge company with 100 people losing half a million dollars a month.
I've become addicted to playing poker because you're constantly faced with confusion, and winning is trying to make sense out of nonsense.
There's nobody who has as big of a real-time logistics network than Uber.
Of course the first version of an all-electric sports car is going to be expensive.
You can't be ever embarrassed about hustling.
Back in the '90s, folks were not sure if they could trust the Web, and frankly, a lot of the services back then didn't provide massive value.
TechCrunch is the publication of record, but they're so bad and uninformed. It's insult after insult. When I play poker with other VC's, we all laugh at TechCrunch.
People can easily make millions of dollars without much work in America.
The companies that won't do well will be the me-too companies: the fifth, sixth, seventh version of Twitter, etc.
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.
While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.
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.
When it comes to individual bloggers, they have many choices now that include blogging for a network or going solo.
Supporting American technology companies is one of the most patriotic things you can do - the technology industry is the reason our country has such a high-standard of living and why we can afford to spread the democracy virus around the globe.
I've gotten more press than any entrepreneur could dream of - certainly more than I deserve - and I've never had a public relations firm working for me.
These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.
I think entrepreneurship is a beautiful thing.
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.