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Calacanis Plans Competitor To TechCrunch

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Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo, is planning some direct competition to Michael Arrington's technology blog empire, TechCrunch , according to a report today from the Guardian. According to the report, Calacanis is developing a property called Launch , which will focus on deep analysis of companies.

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Twiistup 6 Highlights

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We are also home to DemandMedia (Richard Rosenblatt) and Mahalo (Jason Calacanis). There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. We have accomplished much yet have much work to do.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. But having different funds available for different stages of one’s company is actually a really good thing. DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company.

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How to Save MySpace

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I know many of their founders and early employees, and one of the co-founders of Intermix (the parent company of MySpace) is an investor. This could also be done by leveraging a partnership (or buyout) of a site like Mahalo. I want Facebook to legitimately have competition, so we all benefit as consumers.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. It's really helpful, particularly for companies who don't get social media.

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Raising $$ on AngelList? Working w/ McClure? Ask Jody Sherman

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I was an angel investor in his company, made a bunch of calls on his behalf and then I personally sent it out on AngelList. I think how hard it is for me to be hands-on with a handful of portfolio companies. I’ve had to do this with 2 companies at the same time. Through this process he raised $2 million. So I thought, WTF?

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