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Calacanis: Yahoo Should Buy Mahalo For $150M

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How much is Santa Monica-based Mahalo worth? In a list of 10 acquisitions he suggested Yahoo make "on day one", Calacanis--not one to shy from self promotion--said that Yahoo could acquire Mahalo for $75M to $150M, with a chance of closing a deal at greater than 50%. According to Jason Calacanis , in a blog post, $75M to $150M.

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Mahalo Revamps Site

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Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the high profile "human-powered search engine" run by Jason Calacanis, rolled out a new, revamped site late Tuesday evening, offering to split advertising revenues with users who help to create pages on the site. Mahalo has received funding from Sequoia Capital, Elon Musk, and News Corp., READ MORE>>.

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Guardian Circle Taps Your Social Network For Help In A Crisis

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Just having one of those days, when you need some help--ie your car broke down, you can't get to daycare to pick up your child, you've got a medical emergency? 911--to provide help. The app was created by startup veterans Mark Jeffrey and Chris Hayes.

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Calacanis Takes A Bite Of Ramen's Crowdfunding Site

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No, Jason Calacanis , the Santa Monica angel investor, and CEO and founder of Mahalo , isn''t bootstrapping a new company and reverting to the hungry''s entrepreneur diet. ramen software crowdfunding finance project development jason calacanis mahalo launch conference' READ MORE>>.

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Calacanis Backs 15Five

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Jason Calacanis , the Los Angeles angel investor, podcast host, speaker, conference organizer, and CEO of Mahalo , is one of the angel investors in employee feedback firm 15Five.

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Guardian Circle Adds Peter Diamandis As Advisor

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Marina Del Rey-based startup Guardian Circle , the developer of a social-based system and app that helps people summon help from their friends, said last week that it has added futurist Peter Diamandis as an advisor as part of a "token sale" the company is running. READ MORE>>.

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Registration Form Design with Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn Authentication

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We also wanted users to provide information about twitter and LinkedIn to help personalize the application. Here's a classic example that illustrates the issue - the sign-up page from Mahalo. Mahalo offers you the choice of sign-up / registration via a host of social networks (powered by JanRain).

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