Quick hello from Jason Calacanis
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Friends,
Wanted to share some quick updates to my mailing list, which is a bit old. No hard feelings if you’re keeping your inbox clean and want to unsubscribe… there is an unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email (and for any issues unsubscribing, email presh@launch.co).
Here’s the latest in my world, and feel free to hit reply and say hello and update me on your life—this list is 20 years old, so some of us haven’t talked in a LONG TIME!
best, Jason (JCal)
Updates in my world:
Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of AirBnb, came on This Week in Startups, and he was AWESOME. TWIST has now been publishing for over ten years and has 1,600 episodes. Ads have been sold out for ten years… we hit six days a week, but I’m dialing it back to four, so I have more time to write.
I started a podcast called All In with three of my friends during the pandemic. Last week it was the 15th most popular podcast… in the world. It’s nuts how popular it has gotten. Folks who are not in the tech industry recognize me in the airport and say hello, which I love. If you see me out, please do say hello, and let’s take a selfie (if that’s your thing!).
My team just started ANOTHER podcast called Founder University, which teaches founders and their teams tactical and strategic best practices. We invest in 50-100 startups a year, so this is a way for us to support those founders.
I’m heading to Japan on Tuesday for skiing and a speaking gig on March 3rd at FutureX.
There is an All In Fan Meetup on March 2nd in Tokyo that I will stop by! Thanks to Chris and the fans for hosting me!
I’m raising my 4th venture capital fund, and we’ve had over $50m in allocation requests after a handful of zoom calls. If you’re interested in learning more about the fund, please email ashley@launch.co, and she can tell you more (if you’re a QP or AI)
In related news, we’re looking to meet with startups that have $5,000 to $100,000 in revenue a month or that are growing free products by 5% week over week for at least 12 weeks. If you want to take an intro call with my team, you can apply here. Launch.co/apply to learn more about our various startup programs.
My team does around 60 introductory meetings per week (3,000 a year) with founders. They send me the top 20% or so, and I get on a call with the top two or three who are ready for funding. It’s a ton of work, but we love it!
I wrote a book called ANGEL on angel investing—thanks for the amazing reviews. I read the book on Audible.
I’ve been writing my second book, which is about wealth creation. It’s going slowly, but I’m going to clear time this summer to finish it.
Three daughters are going up fast, and we’re spending a lot of time in Tahoe skiing.
Hit reply and tell me about your world,
best, JCal
my email for life remains jason@calacanis.com
substack has an app that lets you chat with other folks on this email list… and me. It’s really neat. Like 100 folks of 50,000 on this list are there already.
