Mahalo
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Zynga: Jason Calacanis Is Lying About Tablet Details (AAPL)
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Jan 27, 2010
Zynga tells us that despite what Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis is telling everybody on Twitter , Zynga CEO Mark Pincus will not make an appearance at the Apple Tablet launch today. Jason is getting lots of attention -- from us,… Full Story »
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Open Angel Forum Expands To Colorado
Socal Tech &bull Jan 18, 2010
The Open Angel Forum, the new angel investment group run by Mahalo's Jason Calacanis, is expanding into Colorado with a new event, the group said Friday. The Colorado chapter is being headed up by David Cohen of TechStars, a Boulder-based… Full Story »
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Why Entrepreneurs should not pay Investors to Pitch
Singapore Entrepreneurs &bull Jan 7, 2010Recently, I read that Angels Den from Europe has landed in Singapore. In their proposal, they are charging startups S$1499 upfront to pitch, and takes a 5% success fee. It also prompted response from local blogger DK that entrepreneurs should… Full Story »
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Wikipedia Appeals for Cash & Gets It
Internet Evolution &bull Jan 5, 2010Wikipedia meets its fundraising goal for 2009 with $7.5 million in donations Full Story »
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Goodreads Ups Funding To $2M
Socal Tech &bull Dec 9, 2009
Los Angeles-based Goodreads, an online social networking site focused on book readers, said today that it has raised its Series A funding to $2M. The firm said the round was led by True Ventures. Goodreads was founded by Otis Chandler,… Full Story »
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Calacanis Backs Mobile Social Networking Service
Socal Tech &bull Dec 9, 2009
Jason Calacanis, the high profile founder of Santa Monica-based Mahalo, is one of the angel investors in a mobile social networking service, Gowalla, the company said today. According to Gowalla, Calacanis invested along with angels Ron Conway, Kevin Rose, Gary… Full Story »
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CHARTS OF THE WEEK: Is Twitter In Trouble
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Dec 6, 2009
Amazon's Stock Price Hits Another All-Time High Mahalo Is Kicking Butt Is Twitter In Trouble The "Wow Slide" That Explains The Comcast-NBC Deal Yahoo's Ad Campaign Is Flopping Join the conversation about this story » See Also: CHART OF THE… Full Story »
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CHART OF THE DAY: The "Wow Slide" That Explains The Comcast-NBCU Deal
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Dec 3, 2009
Here's the chart that explains Comcast's decision to buy NBC Universal. Brian Roberts, the CEO of Comcast, calls it "a wow slide if there ever was one and pretty much speaks for itself." He continues, "You just don't find too… Full Story »
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Clicker Links With Boxee
Socal Tech &bull Dec 3, 2009
Los Angeles-based Clicker.com, the newly launched video and TV indexing and search site which is headed by former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone, told its users today that it has linked the site to Boxee, which is developing products which connect… Full Story »
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CHART OF THE DAY: Mahalo Is Kicking Butt
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Dec 1, 2009
Jason Calacanis' startup Mahalo's traffic has been chugging higher and higher since June, when the company shifted to a new model , creating a Wikipedia-for-profits that incorporates crowd-sourced content and revenue sharing. In the chart below you can see Mahalo… Full Story »
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Calacanis: First Angels In New Angel Group
Socal Tech &bull Nov 19, 2009
Jason Calacanis, CEO of Santa Monica-based Internet search site Mahalo, has signed on several angels for his new angel group, the Open Angel Forum - Los Angeles. Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his crusade against pay-to-pitch angel… Full Story »
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Jason Calacanis, Mahalo CEO: Interview
Technorati Technology &bull Nov 17, 2009
Jason Calacanis, CEO of Mahalo.com, is on a mission (quest?) to ensure that entrepreneurs are never forced to pay to pitch to angel investment firms. Full Story »
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A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO...
Lost Remote &bull Nov 17, 2009
A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis suggests that news media companies team together and propose that Bing pay them a fee to block Google from indexing their search results. Interesting. Adds Don… Full Story »
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A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO...
Lost Remote &bull Nov 17, 2009
A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis suggests that news media companies team together and propose that Bing pay them a fee to block Google from indexing their search results. Interesting. Adds Don… Full Story »
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A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO...
Lost Remote &bull Nov 17, 2009
A crazy idea on how newspapers can take on Google: Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis suggests that news media companies team together and propose that Bing pay them a fee to block Google from indexing their search results. Interesting. Adds Don… Full Story »
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Mahalo Revs Site Design, Home Page
Socal Tech &bull Nov 16, 2009
Santa Monica-based Mahalo, the online search site headed by Jason Calacanis, rolled out version 3.0 of the firm's web site. The new version of the site is looking to combine search, content, and Q&A. According to an email from Calacanis… Full Story »
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Calacanis Takes On Keiretsu Forum On Fees
Socal Tech &bull Oct 5, 2009
Jason Calacanis, CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com and co-producer of the TechCrunch50 conference--not known for pulling his punches--publicly targeted angel group The Keiretsu Forum today for their presentation fees. According to Calacanis, he's on a campaign to "destroy" the angel… Full Story »
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Technorati Changed Their Business and Few Noticed
Venture Chronicles Web 2.0 &bull Sep 6, 2009
Technorati is getting some heat for hiring bloggers… getting heat from people who wish the company would just do better the thing that they used to do which proved to not be a business worth having. See the logic? So… Full Story »
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Meckler: Hey, Calacanis, What Are You Thinking With This Mahalo Thing?
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Sep 4, 2009
Alan Meckler's WebMediaBrands -- previously Jupitermedia -- just got $18 million in cash for selling its Internet.com business. So Meckler is probably on the prowl for deals. But before he even sniffs at Jason Calacanis' Mahalo, he wants to know… Full Story »
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Mahalo 2.0 Is Kicking Ass
Silicon Alley Insider &bull Aug 11, 2009
Jason Calacanis continues to do what he does best: Innovate. When the original concept for Mahalo didn't work as well as he thought it would, he did what all great entrepreneurs do: Try something different. The second version of Mahalo,… Full Story »
