• Jason Calacanis is an Internet entrepreneur and former blogger. He has founded many companies including Silicon Alley Reporter and Weblogs, Inc. He is the founder of Mahalo.com and has been its CEO since 2007.

  Calacanis returned to podcasting on May 1, 2009 with his new program This Week In Startups.

• 1. Born: November 28, 1970
  2. Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
  3. Middle name: McCabe
  4. 1996: Published Silicon Alley Reporter
  5. Co-founded Weblogs, Inc. with Brian Alvey
  6. Sold Weblogs, Inc. to AOL
  7. 2006: AOL SVP and General Manager of Netscape
  8. Flagship CEO of Mahalo
  9. Host of This Week In Startups
  10. Competitive Poker Player: Plays poker competitively in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker and sponsored by Full Tilt http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/05/way-too-competitive-tech-gurus-flock-to-world-series-of-poker/

• Blogging

  On July 11, 2008, Calacanis announced his retirement from blogging. He has no plans to return to blogging at any time in the future, but communicates through an e-mail list of over 10,000 subscribers.Calacanis.com: The Future of Startups (November 5, 2008)

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