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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
Sam changed his original statement. I forgive him for saying I did those things and believe it wasn't his intent to damage my reputation (which he is doing by banning me from YC -- it's a harsh move that I'm having to do a lo
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
thanks pal.... I love what daily drip is doing in education and, yeah, pivots are scary -- but it's better to pivot than die! We are going to have massive success together... can't wait to high five in seven years (or less)!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I responded to a bunch of the comments and included the URLs of the startups who came to my defense -- which is very touching to me. ... and because you should check out how awesome their startups are!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I talked to Sam about his original comments and he said they were not fair and he corrected them. Sam and I are actually, and I know this is hard to believe, fond of each other. We started as Sequoia scouts together and have both had great
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
You've fought really hard to get RedTri through some very rough times... I respect that a lot. It's been awesome to work with you JB! If you have kids, I suggest checking out their SF page: http://redtri.com/san-fr
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
It was a pleasure to watch you grow into an awesome CEO yourself!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
When I was broke I would sometimes ask folks "hey can you should me how you would tackle this problem?" It was then up to them to do the spec work or not. However, when I was able to afford to pay folks, I was like "well, if
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I actually believe it's fine for folks to incubator hop -- Sam does not. Sam's Post: http://blog.ycombinator.com/getting-into-y-combinator my post: http://calacanis.com/2016/01/26/in
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
+1 Sam is wildly successful I'm wildly successful We've disagreed twice in 10 years, but when we do it's like two huge bulls cracking heads -- it's ugly! :-)
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
The traction I saw in https://leadiq.io/ was NOT in the product as much as the founder... it was clear to me that you were a winner who knew how to execute at a high level -- even if the product was a little awkward and rou
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
... and I am soooooo excited for your latest startup Ric. You're going to change the world -- again! much love, thanks for speaking at the Angel Summit earlier this month!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
1. I always ask folks -- in private and group meetings -- "do you want the red or blue pill?" 2. Founders have asked for the brutal truth of the 'red pill 'every single time. No founder has ever asked for the blissful il
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
Wait until you see the product -- it's AWESOME. I've been using it for two weeks and I'm addicted. I think this will be 100x bigger than Rapportive! excited for it!
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Show HN: The Evolution of the Ad Blocker, the Ad Replacer(producthunt.com)
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I think you figured out the post :-)
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I think that's a great point. The time to do this is before you have huge commitments to things like... ummm.... babies... and mortgages.... and spouses.... If you go broke and you know how to code, sell or build product you can recove
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
That you for reading the full article and understand my point. I meet with 15-25 founders a week typically, and I can tell you many of the folks I'm meeting with in 2015 are nothing like the folks in the down markets for 2009-2011 and
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I don't actually believe I'm God's gift to anyone.... I put my words out there to start conversations with folks. My goal really is to learn every day, which is why I invest in 30-40 startups a year: handing out with folks wh
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I'm way over Google taking away the 140th largest site in USA with 10m in revenue from me.... :-) I mean, they are targeting everyone for extinction, from Yelp to content sites to comparison shopping. They used partnerships to build th
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
I actually moved to a paid model for launchticker.com and didn't look back, and 99% of the money I've ever made in this life is from being an angel investor (in marketplaces mainly... no ads!). however, the Ad blocking companies a
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
You get it.... step by step Apple is taking Google out of the picture.
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
Ummm... In my example you have bought the newspaper and remixed it. In your example you have bought 1 month of software and stolen the other months. I would not feel it is ethical to do this, as the software was sold with the intention of
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
Umm.... I'm way over it. I've invested in 150 startups, four unicorns in the first 50.... get to interview founders 2x a week on this week in startups... My life is REALLY amazing right now. So, I'm fine with Google killing o
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
awesome startup and team.... stoked to have angel invested in this one five years ago and watched them go 100% dev (they used to do all kinds of challenges). lots of great stuff coming as well!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
Sam is right.... VCs put a line in the sand and everyone gets into a tizzy. Then you say to them "listen, I gave prorata to my early supporters and I intend to keep my word and reward them for their support." The VC then has respe
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
actually, if you have great skills you have your pick.... you can get on a flight and go work for any of these companies!
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
actually, the beauty of my advice that if you worked at three failed startups for two years each and followed my advice you would have a roadmap of how and why things fail, as well as a massive skill set. You would also probably become a bi
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
actually, I followed this advice and it worked out very, very, very well for me. I've gotten much further than anyone ever thought I would -- even myself.
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
100%
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by jasonmcalacanis 11y ago
The piece states that you shouldn't worry about short term $, you should worry about gaining skills and experience so that you can -- some day -- be the boss. Early in your career, if you're aspire to be great, you should really j

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