Jason Calacanis

Calacanis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated at Fordham University.InUniversity. In 1996, he founded a company called the Silicon Alley Reporter, thatwhich published print media, such as magazines, to cover news stories related to the rising internet industry.

Throughout approximately the next 15fifteen years, Calacanis founded and co-foundedcofounded several more companies, such as Weblogs, LAUNCH, and Inside.com. For several of the companies, he also acted as Chiefchief Executiveexecutive Officerofficer. Many of his companies were acquired by larger companies, such as Twitter and TimeWarner.

In 2009, Calacanis became the host of the podcast "This Week in StartupsThis Week in Startups", which discusses news in the technology sector.

In addition to founding companies, Calacanis is an angel investor. He made an early investment in Uber of $25,000, and by 2017, that investment was worth approximately $100 million. He has also invested in companies like Vincent.

Calacanis is linked to one of the largest bank failures in the United StatesUnited States because of a series of tweets that he made on Twitter. On March 10th10, 2023, he used the platform to notify his followers that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was on the brink of collapse, which did indeed happen later that day.

Some view his actions as appropriate whistle-blowing in a situation that was set to devastate many startups as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would only cover $250,000 worth of deposits and many companies had much more than that held in their accounts with SVB.

Some view his actions as appropriate whistle-blowing in a situation that was set to devastate many start-ups, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would only cover $250,000 worth of deposits, and many companies had much more than that held in their accounts with SVB.

However, many professionals and politicians, such as House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, viewed the tweets made by Calacanis as causing unnecessary panic and mass hysteria. Chairman McHenry released a statement calling the string of events that happened after Calacanis made his tweets as "the first Twitter-fueled bank run,", meaning that the large number of bank withdraws in an extremely short amount of time from SVB werewas caused by rumors that were spread via the social media platform.

Calacanis was born in Brooklyn, New York and was educated at Fordham University.In 1996, he founded a media-related company called the Silicon Alley Reporter that published print media, such as magazines, to cover news stories related to the rising internet industry.

Calacanis is linked to one of the third largest bank failurefailures in United States because of a series of tweets that he made on TwitterTwitter. On March 10th, 2023, he used the platform to notify his followers that Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) was on the brink of collapse, which did indeed happen later that day.

Some view his actions as appropriate whistle-blowing in a situation that was set to devastate many startups as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) would only cover $250,000 worth of deposits and many companies had much more than that held in their accounts with SVB.

However, many professionals and politicians, such as House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry, viewed the tweets made by Calacanis as causing unnecessary panic and mass hysteria. Chairman McHenry released a statement calling the string of events that happened after Calacanis made his tweets as "the first Twitter-fueled bank run", meaning that the large number of bank withdraws in an extremely short amount of time from SVB were caused by rumors that were spread via the social media platform.

Calacanis born in BrooklynBrooklyn, New York and was educated at Fordham UniversityFordham University.In 1996, he founded a media-related company called the Silicon Alley ReporterSilicon Alley Reporter that published print, such as magazines, to cover news stories related to the rising internet industry.

Throughout approximately the next 15 years, Calacanis founded and co-founded several more companies such as WeblogsWeblogs, LAUNCHLAUNCH, Inside.comInside.com. For several of the companies, he also acted as Chief Executive Officer. Many of his companies were acquired by larger companies such as TwitterTwitter and TimeWarnerTimeWarner.

In addition to founding companies, Calacanis is an angel investor. He made an early investment in Uber Uber of $25,000 and by 2017, that investment was worth approximately $100 million. He has also invested in companies like Vincent.

Calacanis is linked to the third largest bank failure in United StatesUnited States because of a series of tweets on Twitter. On March 10th, 2023, he used the platform to notify his followers that Silicon Valley BankSilicon Valley Bank was on the brink of collapse, which did indeed happen later that day.

Jason Calacanis is an American investor and entrepreneur, born on November 28, 1970, in New York City. He holds American citizenship and has been educated at Fordham University and Xaverian High School.

Calacanis is the founder of several companies, including Mahalo.com, LAUNCH Fund, LAUNCH (digital media), and This Week In. He is also the CEO of LAUNCH (digital media).

Jason Calacanis is an American investor and entrepreneur. He is best known for his podcast and financial contributions in the technology sector.

Calacanis born in Brooklyn, New York and was educated at Fordham University.In 1996, he founded a media-related company called the Silicon Alley Reporter that published print, such as magazines, to cover news stories related to the rising internet industry.

In addition to founding companies, Calacanis is an angel investor, with investments in companies like Vincent.

Throughout approximately the next 15 years, Calacanis founded and co-founded several more companies such as Weblogs, LAUNCH, Inside.com. For several of the companies, he also acted as Chief Executive Officer. Many of his companies were acquired by larger companies such as Twitter and TimeWarner.

In 2009, Calacanis became the host of the podcast "This Week in Startups", which discusses news in the technology sector.

In addition to founding companies, Calacanis is an angel investor. He made an early investment in Uber of $25,000 and by 2017, that investment was worth approximately $100 million. He has also invested in companies like Vincent.

Calacanis is linked to the third largest bank failure in United States because of a series of tweets on Twitter. On March 10th, 2023, he used the platform to notify his followers that Silicon Valley Bank was on the brink of collapse, which did indeed happen later that day.

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Jason Calacanis is an American investor and entrepreneur, born on November 28, 1970, in New York City. He holds American citizenship and has been educated at Fordham University and Xaverian High School.

Calacanis is the founder of several companies, including Mahalo.com, LAUNCH Fund, LAUNCH (digital media), and This Week In. He is also the CEO of LAUNCH (digital media).

In addition to founding companies, Calacanis is an angel investor, with investments in companies like Vincent.