Companies Competition Mahalo Sites 
socalTECH
OCTOBER 5, 2010
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.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 19, 2010
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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socalTECH
JUNE 30, 2009
We caught up with Jason and Kurt to hear more about the company. What's the story behind the company and how it started? When I was listening, I made a point to try to do that, but when I did, I found I had to go to twenty sites to find the information I needed--whether that was to write a letter, send an email, or whatever.
Jason Nazar
JUNE 18, 2009
They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. 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. I wouldn’t bet against MySpace. MySpace = Yahoo2.0:
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 6, 2011
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. He was raising money initially in the worst market in a decade (we met in 2008), he’s in his mid-40′s, is doing a mom’s site (he has no kids) and he has a JewFro. So I thought, WTF?
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