A catch phrase will go here soon.

this is why I do This Week in Startups…..

10/6/2009

Amazing email I got… this is the stuff that motivates me (well, this
and buying the Knicks :-)

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: a collect student @gmail.com
Date: Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Jason] TechCrunch50 finalist LocalBacon on TWiST at 1PM Pacific.
To: Jason Calacanis

Jason,

I wanted to thank you for all you do. I have no idea what I want to do
with my career (junior at TKTKTKTKTKT State studying comp. sci and
thinking about aerospace engineering). I know that I don’t want to be
in retail all my life. Whenever I watch or listen to This Week in
Startups I think about taking my own route and it is always more
appealing than anything that is established before me. I know you
attract the ire of some in the tech world, but I wanted to give you my
thanks.

-Ken

By the way the Charlie Rose feel that you had with Peter Rojas and
Ryan Block was genius.

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Hello, my name is Jason. Welcome to my blog on the interwebs. You can reach me on twitter @jason and by email at jason@calacanis.com. My Skype is jasoncalacanis, and my mobile phone is 310-456-4900.

I only pick up numbers I recognize, and in terms of emailing me, the best strategy is to write short, blunt and to the point requests. I can quickly respond to short messages, and many times I simply don't have the time to read five page pitches. In terms of taking meetings, I only do that after reviewing an actual product (not a business plan). So, the best time to ping me is when you have mockups or an alpha site. I don't read business plans, and I've never written one.

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