- Recent
- Popular
- Tags (0)
- Subscribers (43)
- (The) Startup DepressionSeptember 29
-
I wrote this to my email list on Saturday the 27th of 2008. Two days before the single largest drop in the history of the stock market.
Now, I promised myself I was retired from blogging to focus on my email newsletter, but I’m getting pounded with so many requests for this essay that I’m giving up and posting it here. This does not mean my retirement from blogging is off, this means I’m posting this so I don’t have to respond to hundreds of emails asking for a copy. If you want future missives like this signup for Jason’s List: Jason’s List signup.
For background, the goal of this post was not to spread fear, but rather inspire folks at startup companies to get focused and to save as many as possible from hitting the wall. Myself? We’ll I funded Mahalo for the long-term and while the market down turn isn’t good for anyone, we’re largely immune from it because we are building on a five year plan that we’re only 18 months into.
Doesn’t mean I’m not hyper focused, I am…. I’m just not panicking. Great entrepreneurs build value and market-share in down markets. They go to work seven days a week and the breakout when other folks check out.
Location: CalaCompound, Brentwood, CA
Monday, September 27th, 5:15PM PST.
Word Count: 3,283
Jason’s List Subscriber Count: 6,992
List management: - Los Angeles Hadoop User Group/Meetup (Santa Monica)September 18
-
Developers might be interested in the Los Angeles Hadoop User group meetup: “we’ll be kicking off the new group with pizza and beer. It will be a meet and greet, we’ll discuss how we’re using Hadoop, what we’d like to get out of it, and what’s new on the horizon. Speaker TBD.”
October 14th in Santa Monica
- A blog post regarding the fact that I’m still retired from bloggingAugust 18
-
Couple of quick updates since folks seem a little confused about my where I went and why.
I’ve retired from blogging as per the previous post titled “Official announcement regarding my retirement from blogging” on July 11th. It’s been five weeks and I don’t plan on coming back to blogging. I’ve had a wonderful time writing my personal emails to a smaller audience of 4,000 dedicated subscribers. If you would like to join the mailing list you can do so here: Jason’s List. I’ve been writing 2-5k word thought pieces on the email list, and I’ve found it to be very rewarding in a way that the mud pit of blogging isn’t.
Now I still love blogs: still read them, still comment on them…. but I’m trying to find my voice again–my true voice. There is something about the acoustic, intimate nature of email that is impacting how I write. I’m writing every sentence as if I’m looking someone in the eye and speaking directly to them. I’m thinking about the economy of words again. I’m trying to say things in as few words as possible, and I’m cutting sentences, paragraphs and pages more than I’m publishing them. I’m proof reading again, and C.K. Sample is proofing for me. It’s a new, slower and more considered process and I’m loving it. I’ve published ten e
- Google Knol + GoogleJuly 28
-
We’re testing putting some of our Mahalo content on Google Knol… thoughts?
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 2
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 4
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 5
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 6
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 7
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Walkthrough Part 8
How to Bleach Hair
How to Read Music - Official announcement regarding my retirement from blogging.July 11
-
NOTE: Yes I’ve stopped blogging, but you can find my commentary/blog posts on my private mailing list now, Jason’s List, here:
https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/jason(Note: use your real name and a real email address. I only approve folks with real names).
“It’s with a heavy heart, and much consideration, that today I would like to announce my retirement from blogging.”
Jason McCabe Calacanis, July 11th 2008.This was an extremely difficult decision, and I haven’t made it lightly. After five years I’m not sure I know any other way of being but the blog, but at some point you have to hang it up. I know that I had made the right decision for me and my family. I am very proud of the success that we have had in blogging and I leave the game with few regrets.
To be sure, I am going to miss blogging. I am going to miss the relationships with my fellow bloggers. I am going to miss the readers. I am going to miss the great friends that I have made over this time. I am going to miss all the good times that we have had together. But most of all, I am going to miss the comments.*
