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ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis

4 Oct 2022 51 published claims 3 attributable people
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Jason CalacanisDavid RosenthalBen Gilbert

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belief 32evaluation 7recommendation 4uncertainty 4commitment 2preference 1prediction 1

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14 / belief

I think what messes people up is the fact that I actually just think Donald Trump is a horrible human who you should do no business with, has no business being in any political office, and is just horrible on any number of levels.

“I think what messes people up is the fact that I actually just think Donald Trump is a horrible human who you should do no business with, has no business being in any political office, and is just horrible on any number of levels.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired

18 / belief

I do that with my team, the docket, but the docket is built from the five or six stories that people submit to our group chat and say, hey, put this on the docket. I think Sacks has some research help.

“I do that with my team, the docket, but the docket is built from the five or six stories that people submit to our group chat and say, hey, put this on the docket. I think Sacks has some research help.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired

20 / belief

Just like I democratized, angel investing, wrote the book Angel, was the first syndicate on AngelList, the most successful syndicate on AngelList, created my own, got the domain name the syndicate, created the largest one, and have done 265 syndicate deals by far the largest amount of anybody, I think.

“Just like I democratized, angel investing, wrote the book Angel, was the first syndicate on AngelList, the most successful syndicate on AngelList, created my own, got the domain name the syndicate, created the largest one, and have done 265 syndicate deals by far the largest amount of anybody, I think.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired

28 / belief

Even though they paid a tremendous premium, 50x revenue multiple because of the network effects that Figma has and obviously all the product stuff, but if they can get that through Adobe's channel, I think that is an absolute win-win acquisition.

“Even though they paid a tremendous premium, 50x revenue multiple because of the network effects that Figma has and obviously all the product stuff, but if they can get that through Adobe's channel, I think that is an absolute win-win acquisition.”
Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Publisher
Acquired

29 / belief

In perspective, I think, that's the thing. I'll tell you, I never expected to be listening to David Sacks talk coming from where he comes from politically and where I come from politically going, that is a good point.

“In perspective, I think, that's the thing. I'll tell you, I never expected to be listening to David Sacks talk coming from where he comes from politically and where I come from politically going, that is a good point.”
Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Publisher
Acquired

35 / belief

My opinion is it's very silly to compare to public comps because the only thing you know for sure is we're going to be at a different place in the cycle by the time this company gets liquid.

“My opinion is it's very silly to compare to public comps because the only thing you know for sure is we're going to be at a different place in the cycle by the time this company gets liquid.”
Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Publisher
Acquired

38 / belief

I think the way you kind of have to define it, which is unfortunate because it means that it's going to be a long time before your firm hits Mount Rushmore is three successful generational transitions where each of the generations would have been on Mount Rushmore.

“I think the way you kind of have to define it, which is unfortunate because it means that it's going to be a long time before your firm hits Mount Rushmore is three successful generational transitions where each of the generations would have been on Mount Rushmore.”
Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Publisher
Acquired

39 / belief

One lucky winner will get a second generation AirPods Pro, which I have been wearing all over the place and are indeed twice as noise canceling, whatever that means, Apple, and have some I think better battery life too.

“One lucky winner will get a second generation AirPods Pro, which I have been wearing all over the place and are indeed twice as noise canceling, whatever that means, Apple, and have some I think better battery life too.”
Speaker
Ben Gilbert
Publisher
Acquired

42 / evaluation

I will say the thing I'm proud about the show, I think, is that through a lot of the trials and tribulations shown, you can be friends, disagree, learn from each other, and have a vibrant debate, which is how we all grew up.

“I will say the thing I'm proud about the show, I think, is that through a lot of the trials and tribulations shown, you can be friends, disagree, learn from each other, and have a vibrant debate, which is how we all grew up.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired

43 / evaluation

I think part of the reason this works with Sacks, I think Sacks has probably taken the brunt of the hit of the pod because he is so passionate about a lot of topics that maybe are unpopular in the tech circles.

“I think part of the reason this works with Sacks, I think Sacks has probably taken the brunt of the hit of the pod because he is so passionate about a lot of topics that maybe are unpopular in the tech circles.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired

45 / evaluation

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.

“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.”
Speaker
Jason Calacanis
Publisher
Acquired
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