Founder of LAUNCH Accelerator and host of 'This Week in Startups.' Early investor in Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Thumbtack. Author of 'Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups.'
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Founder of LAUNCH Accelerator and host of This Week in Startups, one of the longest-running startup podcasts with 2,000+ episodes. Early angel investor in Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Thumbtack.
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Jason Calacanis has been at the center of the startup ecosystem for over two decades. He founded Silicon Alley Reporter, LAUNCH Accelerator, and This Week in Startups, which has produced over 2,000 episodes documenting how founders build and raise capital. His early angel investments include Uber, Robinhood, Calm, and Thumbtack. He wrote "Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups" (HarperBusiness, 2017), now a standard reference for both emerging angel investors and founders seeking to understand how professional angels evaluate deals. Calacanis evaluates founders on clarity of thesis, market size conviction, and product differentiation, which maps directly to the Capital Quotient dimensions SCN uses to score investability.
