The Logan Bartlett Show

EP 39: All-In’s Jason Calacanis Joins, Breaking Into Media, Tech in Journalism and the Kanye Controversy

Oct 28, 2022
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ADVICE

Learn Core Skills Before You Hire Specialists

  • Learn core skills yourself so you can identify and hire complementary experts.
  • Getting to 60–70% proficiency reveals which 80–90% specialists you need to hire to scale.
ANECDOTE

How Engadget Was Built And Sold Fast

  • Jason launched WebLogs Inc and hired Peter Rojas to create Engadget after targeting Gawker talent and pivoting to tech blogs.
  • Engadget grew much larger than Gizmodo and was sold to AOL about 18 months after starting, producing Jason's first major exit.
ANECDOTE

Early Podcasting Bootstrap With Steve Jobs Moment

  • Jason was early to podcasting, asking Steve Jobs at D conference about RSS/podcast support and later used that openness to build shows.
  • He leveraged early RSS podcasting to expand from video to audio and grow his audience.
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