Jason Calacanis

“Jason belongs to the very exclusive group of individuals who's opinions I value more than my own. As a budding angel investor and startup advisor myself I read his reports and watch is podcast religiously and heed his advice to the letter. You should too!”

“Jason is a visionary leader. He expects the best of everyone he works with, and gives everything he does his all. If you don't learn a lot while working with him, you're not paying attention. ”

“Jason is smart, smart, smart. If you view his well-known brashness as "100 % pure grade" disruptive and then own up to the fact that it's his disruptiveness rather than his personality that you can't stand, there is much to learn from him. I receive his mailings and always learn something that challenges my complacency and is good for me. It might be better if it didn't sometimes feel like tasting castor oil, but all and all it is good for me. Thank you Jason.”

“Just the best ... but you knew that, right?!”

“In my opinion, Jason Calacanis is a great leader and entrepreneur in building value internet businesses and services. Jason’s straight to the point philosophy on polluting the internet and ingredients of building a successful business, which was demonstrated to me during the keynote speech at the Affiliate Summit 2008 West, is a great insight on setting standards in developing quality and long lasting internet successes. I have tremendous respect for Jason and to me an example and inspiration in building quality internet services.”

“Jason is a driven, energetic, smart, and creative entrepreneur. He is on top of the details of his business, excels at motivating and managing his team, and is fully committed to his venture. An ideal founder/CEO.”

“Jason's work in the social media space is ground breaking.”

“Jason is an entrepreneur at heart and a prime example of a hard worker. An inspiration to me, I am truly a big fan of his work.”

“VentureReporter.net was simply the most useful publication for identifying trends and specific investors' intentions and target markets...ever. With Jason at the helm, it was dynamite. It's still a good service, but it was even better with Jason pounding the virtual aisles, keeping all of that data in order and constantly adding new and useful features.”

“Jason is as old school as it comes and is certainly a thought leader in the space. Its always a pleasure to work with him.”

“Jason is the moral leader of online publishing, an extremely savvy businessman, and probably the best manager I'll ever work for. Don't take it from me: read his blog and listen to his podcasts, you'll see first hand what an inspiring man he is.”

“Many people were "around" at the birth of Silicon Alley, but Jason was in many ways its midwife. He had a knack for picking out patterns in the noise and would then use his magazines/conferences to highlight those individuals who were going to make a difference. This turned out to be a surprisingly strong catalyst for growth - when certain of my clients would ask me how they could emulate the growth of New York's tech sector, I would invariably reply "well, first you've got to find your Jason Calacanis..."”

“I had the fortunate pleasure of working with Jason at Netscape.com as one of the first Navigators Jason hired. He had a great vision for Netscape and I am happy to be a part of that project”

“As one of the first bloggers on the Weblogs, Inc project, I had the great opportunity to work with / for Jason as he launched the Weblogs, Inc. Jason is a dynamic thinker. I've never met anyone with the ability to captilize on nascent opportunity as Jason can. I hope to have the opportunity to work with him on other opportunities in the future.”

“Jason built two must-read biz magazines in just a few years. I thought he was nuts at the start, and the dotcom implosion nearly wrecked him. Nonetheless, he created something real when a LOT of others were pitching vaporware. Like several of Jason's projects, SAR is a shining example of what can be accomplished with ambition, vision & hustle. I read each issue, cover to cover. Everybody did.”

“Jason thinks and more importantly implements at the speed of change. A very rare and special talent. If you're fortunate enough to pin him down for a conversation, he will turbocharge your mind. If you can't pin him down, it's never personal, he just travels at warp speed.”

“The work Jason's doing at WIN is fantastic. He's leading the industry, which is always a pleasure to see.”

“A relentless promoter of everything digital, Jason has an infectious enthusiasm for moving technology to the forefront. Silicon Alley would not have had the success it had, had it not been for Jason's continuous pitching of all the companies and individuals who worked there.”

“Simply put, Silicon Alley as a place, mindset, and era would not have flourished as it did without Jason and his magazine and e-mail newsletter.”