Quotes from Jason Calacanis

If you've got a good job, you should bust your butt to make your company as successful and profitable as possible.

The Internet is about giving the consumer exactly what they want, whether there's an audience of one or 1,000 or 10,000, and then figuring out how to make money on it later.

Fire people who are not workaholics.

Everyone's drunk on the term 'blog.'

The reason I bought the Tesla was to help fund the Model S - and because I like things that are fast, sexy and high-tech.

As a publisher, you have no direct relationship with advertisers.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

That's one of the things I love about entrepreneurship is that if you see something that you don't like - and if you think you have a better idea - you can pursue your model.

Search folks don't understand editorial. I'm not afraid of editorial costs, just like machine-search folks are not afraid of computer servers.

If the founder comes to work every day, and it's a struggle, that permeates the whole organization.

For tech, I like the 'DailySearchCast', 'TWiT' and anything Veronica Belmont does on CNET. I think Perez Hilton is a riot, and the rest of my consumption is by people: Folks like Dave Winer, Fred Wilson, Mark Cuban, Brian Alvey, Jeff Jarvis, Xeni Jardin, etc.

I only take causes or write about things that I am passionate about, and I do it with a certain flair and a sort of wink and a nod.

While people are quick to praise the wisdom of the crowd, being an old-school journalist, I look at the wisdom of the crowd and know it can quickly turn into a mob mentality.

CNN was crazy to think they could fill 24 hours with news - let alone around the world in 10 to 20 languages. Reuters or AP with a thousand people around the world covering news? Crazy.

I think Google's a brilliant company, filled with brilliant people who have done brilliant things.

Today you can start a blog, build an audience, and give the advertising slots to AdBrite or Google AdSense.

Google indexes the world's information.

Apps, email, and social are the three things Google does not control.

Creative destruction is gonna be the greatest thing that can happen to Manhattan.

I have hundreds if not tens of thousands of fans... The people who have negative things to say are typically loser-type people who are probably in some cases mentally ill.

The blogosphere is real, and it can be really harsh on fakes... so, if you're a phoney, you're going to get your bell rung.

These days, headlines are trying to get you to click.

Food is the new health care.

My first company produced 'Silicon Alley Reporter' magazine, where I held the dual titles of CEO and Editor.