San Francisco, CA
Joined September 2010
👋 Founders, we are looking to take meetings with startups at $5-100k a month in revenue (pre-series A) Apply 👇 and we will meet with you for 20 minutes launch.co/apply
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My media properties, from All In Summit to LIQUIDITY to @twistartups to @ThisWeeknAI and @thisweekinvc are growing -~5x over the past seven years We are hiring people who are extremely hard working and talented, from zero to 10+ years experience in research, writing, social media and podcasting Please reach out if you’re awesome and want to be part of the builder side of the business, as we are the first venture firm to combine podcasts, newsletters, live events and investing — something almost ever single firm has now copied! Join us and win… no politics, no bullshit, no link bait, no sinking media company dynamics just great work and access to the top builders in the world No woke or maga bullshit — just reporting the facts and collecting the most intelligent takes
Want to come work with @Jason? If you're highly motivated and passionate about tech, AI, and startups, our venture firm @LAUNCH and media division @twistartups have 14+ roles open! Here's the full list 👇
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Founder University Japan is coming BACK to Tokyo January 2027, and applications are OPEN 🇯🇵
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If you’re building something bold and thinking globally, apply now 👉 japan.founder.university/ 🗓 Deadline: November 30, 2026
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Know a founder who should be here? Tag them 👇
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Techstars Tokyo, sponsored by JETRO, has two goals, says Yuki Shirato: Japanese startups global, foreign founders in. Jason Calacanis’s pitch for entering: 100 million customers with money. Sell into Japan, or build from it?@Jason @Techstars @JETRO_InvestJP
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10 startups. One week of back-to-back pitches & company visits. We took our latest Founder University Japan batch on a Road Show... and they delivered. 🤝 🇯🇵
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@PrecursorVC Aliya Lakhani’s picks: @metistec_ai, Glyphzero, CONNEKT On Metis: “The founder has a ton of experience in this space.”
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Congrats to these founders for completing 12 weeks of @FounderUni Japan! 🇯🇵 @JETRO_InvestJP, @Jason, @joeofbubba, @karthashok008, @seanhora, @hiananyaa, @sho1233227, @AStakenobu
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