PodLeaders - Thought Leaders podcast

Episode 57 of the PodLeaders show - 55 mins 52 secs

My guest on the show this week is Jason Calacanis. Jason is the founder of Weblogs Inc. and more recently, founder and CEO of Mahalo.

I invited Jason to come on the show to tell me a little about Mahalo and, as usual, I invited reader/listener questions as well.

Here are the questions I asked Jason and the times I asked them:

How did you get into the Internet first day and what businesses were you in before Mahalo? - 00:22

You got involved in Internet businesses quite early on, Weblogs Inc. comes to mind.. - 03:14

Audience questions:

Pat Phelan
Can you ask him if they have any plans for Techcrunch 40 this year please Tom? - 05:14

Solnyshok
Why no engadget in Russian? I could write for it. - 10:33

hostyle
How well does he know Veronica Belmont (of Mahalo Daily)? How long does he reckon until she’s free of that Engadget guy and would she be willing to come live in Ireland? - 12:52

ross
and if he knows Amber MacArthur and Morgan Webb my phone number is 087…… - 14:01

Then we break into a riff about Ireland!

Tell me about the Tesla, you were tailing it the other day… - 18:43

More audience questions:

Laurent Blondeau (Evidences)
Well Tom, I don’t really realize the consumer benefits of such Mahalo, just one network more in the jungle…Maybe it’s not obvious to me (and I just want ot learn more of it !), but this portal, is no more than contents/social/contacts aggregato ; what are developments of next steps and features on going ? Is there any partnership in goal, soon, with some actors of social networking, if you can clear this up for me … - 22:57

How many people are adding links into Mahalo every day? - 32:08

More audience questions:

Eoghan McCabe
Could you ask him please if he still thinks SEO is BS? I said the same recently on my blog and have been compared to Jason “who has his own agenda for coming out with such gibberish” - 36:32

Bernie Goldbach
First question:

“Hi, Jason. I’ve listened to your journey against fat, learning some things that might help me improve my heath. I wonder if you’ve noticed any significant changes in your mental state. Have you euphoric moments more frequently now? Are you less stressed out with mumblings of your name from across the Bay? Are you sleeping better?” - 41:59

Second question:

“Why in the world desecrate a Corvette with canary yellow doodoo masquerading as paint?” - 41:59

Ken McGuire
How about a slightly off topic question.

If Jason Calacanis had to pick just one album to bring with him anywhere (be it on his iPod / phone / media player of choice), what would it be and why?

Always interested in what people listen to! - 45:44

Larry Miller
Two Questions and One Comment:
1) Can he give us any hint into what he is going to announce at SES2008 http://www.searchenginestrategies.com/newyork/jcalacanis.html on March 17th, 2008?
2) Can he elaborate about the contest he mentioned on his blog last month: http://www.calacanis.com/2008/01/18/free-apple-air-laptops/ ?

Lastly, Please tell him he is an inspiration to us all and THANK YOU!!! - 46:51

Last question before we wrap - have you kissed and made up with Dave Winer? - 50:13

Download the entire interview here
(51.1mb mp3)