Jason Calacanis – An Interesting look into the future of Social Media
Most people who are interested in the Internet and in how to make money from it today tend to zero in on how to promote one business or brand. Generally, the majority of questions involve “How do I get my website ranked higher in Google” or “Why should I be interested in Social Networks”?
From a purely local and specific perspective, these are both good questions (which will be addressed in later articles here on the Examiner) but for a real perception of the magnitude of the business that is the Internet, we all should study icons of the early days of the industry that is now called social media and follow these pathfinders leading our way into the future.
Jason Calacanis is both an icon and a pathfinder.
Brash, even harsh at times, many people revel in the idea of taking pot shots at Jason Calacanis the co-creator of Weblogs Inc. (Sold to AOL for 30 Million in 2005) and current CEO of Mahalo a people powered search engine. Jason Calacanis started as a Journalist publishing Silicon Alley Reporter, a 16 page New York based tech newsletter and later became a pioneering blogger long before anyone knew how popular and powerful blogs would become as a publishing platform. Born in 1970 Jason is a very young .com era success story and it would seem he is not close to resting on the successes of the past. [Read more...]
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