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Calacanis Pits LAUNCH Conference Against TechCrunch Disrupt

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Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Mahalo.com, has ramped up his competition with former business partner Michael Arrington , saying this morning he is launching a competing startup launch conference called the LAUNCH Conference. Tags: jason calacanis mahalo michael arrington techcrunch launch conference startup.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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The “private sale” market phenomenon was started in France by Vente-Privee (literally means “private sale”) and was replicated in Germany by BrandsforFriends. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Read more: VentureWire (requires login) , Mahalo Profile Page. Competition: McAfee , Symantec.

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Interview with Jason Kiesel and Kurt Daradics, FreedomSpeaks

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What really differentiates us from our competition is the data set we have. Our competition doesn't have that data. We met first through Tyler Crowley at Mahalo, and I invited Jason to speak at MOTM. Versus our competition, our feature set is much more robust and malleable. We think that kind of stuff is pretty cool.

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How to Save MySpace

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Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. 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. Movies – no website has more Hollywood DNA.

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

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Oh, and of course I shoot all of my videos at the ThisWeekIn studios which are located in the Mahalo offices. They dropped their number one selling product and switched to a competitor’s product while managing not to lose a single sale. AngelList has introduced new competition and competition in any industry is always good.

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