I would never work for Jason Calacanis - There, I said it
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Re: I would never work for Jason Calacanis - There, I said it
#2But he's very successful. Who's viewpoint are we supposed to champion here - the employee or the employer? Should we not be happy when an employer is successful and can get a lot from his employees with minimal expense? Does the process of building a startup not put us squarely in the side of the employer?
Re: I would never work for Jason Calacanis - There, I said it
#3Also, sky is blue. Check http://www.bnet.com/blog/entry-level/jason-calacanis-gen-y-j...
Says Calacanis: "... the majority of Gen Y seem to operating under the bizarre rallying cry of: More money! Less responsibility! Shorter hours! No stress! More freedom! It’s all about me!"
Yeah, shame on the employees for wanting better job conditions and admitting they actually care about own interest.
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#4But he's very successful. Who's viewpoint are we supposed to champion here - the employee or the employer? Should we not be happy when an employer is successful and can get a lot from his employees with minimal expense? Does the process of building a startup not put us squarely in the side of the employer?
Max...he has made a bunch of money. I wouldn't say he is 'very successful'.
Show me the engineers fighting to go work for him.
I give Mahalo 3 - 5 years before shutting their doors.
Hopefully that will humble him a bit.
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#5I stopped watching TWiST for a while and almost unsubscribed from his newsletter because the Arrington drama was very Jersey Shore - minus the fake boobs.
Despite his personality flaws, which we all have, the guy gives incredible advice that is actionable. And he does it consistently.
Most popular speakers that we admire give far less valuable advice. The usefulness of "Be passionate, do less" pales in comparison to "Be consistent, plan out segments, publish on the same day at the same time".
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#6You also just wrote a story about Jason Calacanis... The only thing you forgot to do was link to Mahalo.
You might not want to work for him, but you should at least respect his shtick is genius and very effective at getting coverage and links, which works nicely since his company is an SEO play.
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#7I can't help but post the perfect "villain" picture of Calacanis to accompany this story:
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Re: I would never work for Jason Calacanis - There, I said it
#8But he's very successful. Who's viewpoint are we supposed to champion here - the employee or the employer? Should we not be happy when an employer is successful and can get a lot from his employees with minimal expense? Does the process of building a startup not put us squarely in the side of the employer?
You are characterizing the relationship between employers and employees as zero-sum. Does that need to be the case? Should that be the case?
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#9Surely there has been lots of debate about his statements in the past. Rather than spending time on his polarizing way of gaining attention, the best solution is to let him do business his way and channel our energies into more productive directions. The last time I checked, no one is forced to work for Jason.
On a minor side note: Am I the only one to notice that he seems to move quite a lot with his body during the interview?
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#10I stopped watching TWiST for a while and almost unsubscribed from his newsletter because the Arrington drama was very Jersey Shore - minus the fake boobs. Despite his personality flaws, which we all have, the guy gives incredible advice that is actionable. And he does it consistently. Most popular speakers that we admire give far less valuable advice. The usefulness of "Be passionate, do less" pales in comparison to…
Anthony...I have to agree with you that he gives a lot of great actionable advice. Sometimes, he also spouts something of value (e.g. warning startups not to build their company on top of Facebook).
But he goes off on so many topics and said such crap some times, that it fully discounts all the great stuff he has said.
This is one of those things.
Besides, he doesn't just have 'personality' flaws. He seems to be such a genuine dick. Not the good type that produces insane quality stuff (a la Steve Jobs). The type that have gotten lucky, and think they are God's gift to everybody else, and are yet to keep producing. The fiasco surrounding him berating a now ex-exmployee and his falling out with Arrington and TechCrunch do nothing but confirm the prick that I think he is.
Time will tell how he fares.
If I were looking for Angel money, I would never take money from him either.
Can you imagine someone like that having leverage over you in any shape or form? Either a boss or an investor? Hell no!