Jason Calacanis: evaluation

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…But this is different. Not for me, and I got a lot of famous friends. I'm used to getting recognized. I'm used to people taking pictures. What I'll say is like, where it used to be, if I go to Austin or New York, people would say, I would have three people stop me on the street a day. If I was walking around in New York. Now it's 20 or 10 and they want to take a selfie. You know how podcasting is. You guys get recognized and it creates a level of intimacy with people if they're in the habit. Because you're hearing people every week then people become characters. In all honesty, I did craft with All-In. I was very premeditated in creating some character. I never really talked about it. I crafted some character arcs. The fights are all real. Trust me, there's nothing scripted about that. But I did say like, I think I can, as the point guard here, shape the conversation and literally created the character of the Sultan of Science. Friedberg didn't even have a Twitter handle. There's even a character of JCal on All-In.…

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