When Jason Calacanis, the CEO of human powered search engine Mahalo, recently had to lay off 10% of the company’s employees he seemed to be genuine in his sadness. An email to his employees and a post on his blog attested to how difficult the decision was, and that he was truly sorry for needing to make this decision. If that’s really the case, why is he splashing out $109,000 on a sports car and asking Twitter users to try and pitch the story to the media?
Jason Calacanis and the Contradiction of What Defines Great
October 13, 2008 By 5 Comments
Whether you like him or not, there’s no denying that Jason Calacanis is a larger-than-life character that draws an equal share of positive and negative press. CEO of web engine Mahalo.com and co-founder of the likes of Weblogs Inc. and TechCrunch50, Calacanis has always been someone that advocates surrounding yourself with the very best and accepting no average imitations. Which makes his company’s latest job posting a tad ironic and contradictory.
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