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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Hello world. My name is Jason and I’m a nerd.</description><title>Jason Calacanis' Tumblelog</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @jasoncalacanis)</generator><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Another weekend spent in another airport... The wonderful horrible life of a startup CEO. #glamorous</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/oF9Sj08HR4DWdlYcU4SRElXbC5Yb7zkfQIR6o84wD9laheYli0QOw3RzxaTU/IMG00106-20091107-1022.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/mGIbgCrb8XqSAghp8iPhcAjoXVvVfktzNjeAmgs7gCiwWQ7pXsPqVFhiRU6U/IMG00106-20091107-1022.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/236021221</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/236021221</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:31:26 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>LeBron won't leave MSG... He's the mayor here! 100% he's a knick next year. 100%. Sorry cleveland!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/pZXQdOtdUnnWaEt12dpYwM4X0y8M5pD3nSO3qAeC9CHGWOaJ5HzdMJy2Y9Re/IMG00105-20091106-2230.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/ZUKuEIYxFBnZV4Q2peq5wR0ym0dYJx2oXC1NVRmLiD9B7XmBCrNuxD0bE8y6/IMG00105-20091106-2230.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235586978</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235586978</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:46:07 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>My brother dj josh and grand master flash spinning at Knicks Game</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/XzKsy0qn7iEpSbT9YeQtwVjNcQD50bfPrdv1HvSBsSTORKH3KKti56HIpN5m/Unnamed.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/5UwAMfhcDo3PWGzAnesWN9lXtq5Wrqru4k6Ur9iGW61mOlAklHxhhoBfRz4X/Unnamed.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235567105</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235567105</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:22:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>19 point first quarter for Lebron</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/lEdaLHuGzCvazAXcTbN3avX8qzK87nPspuZWwx8SJrN21LVyAhcnOp7zB23F/photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/9w861SG2aebBun1IHOykNkWFpQ8VYJ5xPp3FymRHGZuLtAix2KjQOkTSPuqU/photo.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sent from my iPhone, but I’d rather be using my blackberry frankly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235498792</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235498792</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:02:52 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome to NY LeBron -- want to stay?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/9cdGNapWOsuseRjrLV7fKD937QBgm8ceYMoBe2hWArim8X3aYWDJIKwW6ZPh/IMG00103-20091106-1904.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/VdqMxnBEjtdioXAq32aSAWdrN9bIlYaSxlRIlVA1iiTloZ2bsxjCSCkXI1FU/IMG00103-20091106-1904.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235406164</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235406164</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:08:46 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>What religion should I be? (Flowchart)</title><description>&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/JnE4jqe5IPWU5tD4Hgl8Cy1sgPoiqqqCfuL7JqD3XYi2HsYOgOClUSHaJyMJ/image.jpg" width="326" height="500"/&gt;&lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235283032</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235283032</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:32:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethan Kaplan at #audienceconf telling his story</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/taxhP0zoYwMKZz3sToBvUCRpKIvf13IkHV9QlUvzi2vuHYMvGKVlSj3ZfQPV/IMG00100-20091106-1559.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/a2eAxqhdSvizYGhdrFaBDwZtOALHQ5VuBbcWAQZAe3U6HofsSTzuLSE3HBO6/IMG00100-20091106-1559.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235266544</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235266544</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:09:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Copy blogger Brian Clark at the Audience Conference #audienceconf</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/YfRIJgubCymQ0SKv0Mp8JtkTbNQqeswrRyWU37dYwfUSfwnyuuX25yX1PXEL/photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/ydZ0xQigc3rgSYvRqKFrj8EBonX2Yuf60k8Doi1aesFd3x7JDxLHlDr6OTDd/photo.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sent from my iPhone, but I’d rather be using my blackberry frankly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235221793</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/235221793</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:04 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>BREAKING: Josh Harris coming the London for We Live in Public premier 	#wlip</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/GqZVDDFuC5BAlso5bICuP8C8qTMaWMxHQpWL1aHwvJjM3rFU0yxdHieUPCEF/josh_harris_coming_the_London_.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/EuUOOBBcma7eRMN2ifIfayTUhXmra7PJkRyW2WcK63fYw9vnZNtQypA1udCP/josh_harris_coming_the_London_.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="300"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/234059265</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/234059265</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:18:43 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>iJustine on Law + Order SVU! Nice job @ijustine #weblebrities</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/eaS3bw7BnXcaABkiZFAVZV2fXqOuuj4hKNb4Dt6FvYI43lINInDYbmfm00vx/IMG00097-20091104-2101.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/GRBSyC7WIJbiroKUVERXNIrCNueU19Iwio4fAn3CmPOv0SVJOhCVkCVAojfe/IMG00097-20091104-2101.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/233600927</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/233600927</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:09:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Cha Chiang Mien from Mandarin House</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/L7FMwujO8SVJOidtx5rVqyRsblSY78azmu8lvDv8gqG4TzNdiKQeZraObPiL/IMG00091-20091104-1314.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/P0hYMnKj4IuMi740NWHjhUSW3JiD0QBazfujbA8JFrjD0Qylw3IvgUPkrkxI/IMG00091-20091104-1314.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/233193015</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/233193015</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:18:11 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>BREAKING: Antitrust charges filed against Intel for threatening 	computer makers/paying kickbacks</title><description>BREAKING: Technology Alert from The Wall Street Journal  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed antitrust charges against &lt;br/&gt;Intel, alleging the company threatened computer makers and paid huge &lt;br/&gt;kickbacks to stop them using competitors’ chips. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The suit alleges that for several years, Intel sought to maintain its &lt;br/&gt;dominance of the computer-chip market by paying billions of dollars in &lt;br/&gt;kickbacks to computer makers under the guise of “rebates.” The suit &lt;br/&gt;also alleges Intel threatened computer-makers — including &lt;br/&gt;Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell — with retribution if they marketed &lt;br/&gt;products with chips made by competitors. Intel is being investigated &lt;br/&gt;for possible antitrust violations on multiple continents, and by &lt;br/&gt;numerous regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission.</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232981864</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232981864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:23:08 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>The Zappos culture document</title><description>—————————————————————————————————  THE ZAPPOS MISSION: To live and deliver WOW. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; —————————————————————————————————  As we grow as a company, it has become more and more important to &lt;br/&gt;explicitly define the Zappos core values from which we develop our &lt;br/&gt;culture, our brand, and our business strategies. With so many new &lt;br/&gt;employees joining the company as we grow, we want to make sure &lt;br/&gt;that everyone is on the same page and acting consistently with &lt;br/&gt;what we want Zappos to be all about. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Over time, we will be restructuring performance evaluations so &lt;br/&gt;that a big part of every employee’s performance evaluation is &lt;br/&gt;based on how well he/she represents and makes decisions based on &lt;br/&gt;the Zappos core values.  While there are many subcomponents to each value, we’ve distilled &lt;br/&gt;the most important themes into the following 10 core values. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 1) Deliver WOW Through Service &lt;br/&gt;2) Embrace and Drive Change &lt;br/&gt;3) Create Fun and A Little Weirdness &lt;br/&gt;4) Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded &lt;br/&gt;5) Pursue Growth and Learning &lt;br/&gt;6) Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication &lt;br/&gt;7) Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit &lt;br/&gt;8) Do More With Less &lt;br/&gt;9) Be Passionate and Determined &lt;br/&gt;10) Be Humble  Ideally, we want all 10 core values to be reflected in everything &lt;br/&gt;we do, including how we interact with each other, how we interact &lt;br/&gt;with our customers, and how we interact with our vendors and &lt;br/&gt;business partners. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; There is a lot of work that lies ahead, and it will be quite some &lt;br/&gt;time before our 10 core values are truly reflected in how we &lt;br/&gt;think, how we act, and how we communicate.  As we grow, our processes and strategies may change, but we want &lt;br/&gt;our values to always remain the same. Our core values should &lt;br/&gt;always be the framework from which we make all of our decisions. &lt;br/&gt;Because this is our first time publishing our core values, there &lt;br/&gt;may be some additions or changes made over the next year, but our &lt;br/&gt;goal is to ultimately decide on a final list of core values to &lt;br/&gt;serve as the framework for how we run and grow the company. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; I encourage everyone to re-examine everything that is being done &lt;br/&gt;at the company and ask yourself what changes can be made to better &lt;br/&gt;reflect our core values. For example, our employee handbook could &lt;br/&gt;be improved so it sounds more like “Zappos” and less like an &lt;br/&gt;employee handbook that you might find at another company. The &lt;br/&gt;forms that we use internally, our job application forms, some of &lt;br/&gt;our email templates, parts of our web site, and much, much more &lt;br/&gt;can all be improved to feel more like Zappos and better reflect &lt;br/&gt;our core values.  So the challenge to everyone is this: make at least one &lt;br/&gt;improvement every week that makes Zappos better reflect our core &lt;br/&gt;values. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The improvements don’t have to be dramatic — it can be as simple &lt;br/&gt;as adding in an extra sentence or two to a form to make it more &lt;br/&gt;fun, for example. But if every employee made just one small &lt;br/&gt;improvement every week to better reflect our core values, then by &lt;br/&gt;the end of this year we will have over 50,000 small changes that &lt;br/&gt;collectively will be a very dramatic improvement compared to where &lt;br/&gt;we are today.  A brief description of each of the 10 core values is below. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;DELIVER WOW THROUGH SERVICE &lt;br/&gt;=======================================================================  At Zappos, anything worth doing is worth doing with WOW. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; WOW is such a short, simple word, but it really encompasses a lot &lt;br/&gt;of things. To WOW, you must differentiate yourself, which means &lt;br/&gt;do something a little unconventional and innovative. You must do &lt;br/&gt;something that’s above and beyond what’s expected. And whatever &lt;br/&gt;you do must have an emotional impact on the receiver. We are not &lt;br/&gt;an average company, our service is not average, and we don’t want &lt;br/&gt;our people to be average. We expect every employee to deliver &lt;br/&gt;WOW.  Whether internally with co-workers or externally with our &lt;br/&gt;customers and partners, delivering WOW results in word of mouth. &lt;br/&gt;Our philosophy at Zappos is to WOW with service and experience, &lt;br/&gt;not with anything that relates directly to monetary compensation &lt;br/&gt;(for example, we don’t offer blanket discounts or promotions to &lt;br/&gt;customers). &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We seek to WOW our customers, our co-workers, our vendors, our &lt;br/&gt;partners, and in the long run, our investors.  Ask yourself: What are things you can improve upon in your work or &lt;br/&gt;attitude to WOW more people? Have you WOWed at least one person &lt;br/&gt;today? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;EMBRACE AND DRIVE CHANGE &lt;br/&gt;=======================================================================  Part of being in a growing company is that change is constant. &lt;br/&gt;For some people, especially those that come from bigger companies, &lt;br/&gt;the constant change can be somewhat unsettling at first. If you &lt;br/&gt;are not prepared to deal with constant change, then you probably &lt;br/&gt;are not a good fit for the company. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We must all learn not only to not fear change, but to embrace it &lt;br/&gt;enthusiastically, and perhaps even more importantly, to encourage &lt;br/&gt;and drive it. We must always plan for and be prepared for &lt;br/&gt;constant change.  Although change can and will come from all directions, it’s &lt;br/&gt;important that most of the changes in the company are driven from &lt;br/&gt;the bottom up — from the people that are on the front lines that &lt;br/&gt;are closest to the customers and/or issues. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because &lt;br/&gt;historically, the companies that get into trouble are the ones &lt;br/&gt;that aren’t able to respond quickly enough and adapt to change.  We are ever evolving. If we want to continue to stay ahead of our &lt;br/&gt;competition, we must continually change and keep them guessing. &lt;br/&gt;They can copy our images, our shipping, and the overall look of &lt;br/&gt;our web site, but they cannot copy our people, our culture, or our &lt;br/&gt;service. And they will not be able to evolve as fast as we can as &lt;br/&gt;long as embracing constant change is a part of our culture. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: How do you plan and prepare for change? Do you view &lt;br/&gt;new challenges optimistically? Do you encourage and drive change? &lt;br/&gt;How do you encourage more change to be driven from the bottom up? &lt;br/&gt;Are you empowering your direct reports to drive change?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;CREATE FUN AND A LITTLE WEIRDNESS &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; One of the things that makes Zappos different from a lot of other &lt;br/&gt;companies is that we value being fun and being a little weird. &lt;br/&gt;We don’t want to become one of those big companies that feels &lt;br/&gt;corporate and boring. We want to be able to laugh at ourselves. &lt;br/&gt;We look for both fun and humor in our daily work.  This means that many things we do might be a little unconventional &lt;br/&gt;— or else it wouldn’t be a little weird. We’re not looking for &lt;br/&gt;crazy or extreme weirdness though. We want just a touch of &lt;br/&gt;weirdness to make life more interesting and fun for everyone. We &lt;br/&gt;want the company to have a unique and memorable personality. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Our company culture is what makes us successful, and in our &lt;br/&gt;culture we celebrate and embrace our diversity and each person’s &lt;br/&gt;individuality. We want people to express their personality in &lt;br/&gt;their work. To outsiders, that might come across as inconsistent &lt;br/&gt;or weird. But the consistency is in our belief that we function &lt;br/&gt;best when we can be ourselves. We want the weirdness in each of &lt;br/&gt;us to be expressed in our interactions with each other and in our &lt;br/&gt;work.  One of the side effects of encouraging weirdness is that it &lt;br/&gt;encourages people to think outside the box and be more innovative. &lt;br/&gt;When you combine a little weirdness with making sure everyone is &lt;br/&gt;also having fun at work, it ends up being a win-win for everyone: &lt;br/&gt;Employees are more engaged in the work that they do, and the &lt;br/&gt;company as a whole becomes more innovative. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: What can we do to be a little weird and &lt;br/&gt;differentiate ourselves from everyone else? What can we do that’s &lt;br/&gt;both fun and a little weird? How much fun do you have in your &lt;br/&gt;job, and what can you do to make it more fun? What do you do to &lt;br/&gt;make your co-workers’ jobs fun as well?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;BE ADVENTUROUS, CREATIVE, AND OPEN-MINDED &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; At Zappos, we think it’s important for people and the company as a &lt;br/&gt;whole to be bold and daring (but not reckless). We want everyone &lt;br/&gt;to not be afraid to take risks and to not be afraid to make &lt;br/&gt;mistakes, because if people aren’t making mistakes then that means &lt;br/&gt;they’re not taking enough risks. Over time, we want everyone to &lt;br/&gt;develop his/her gut about business decisions. We want people to &lt;br/&gt;develop and improve their decision-making skills. We encourage &lt;br/&gt;people to make mistakes as long as they learn from them.  We never want to become complacent and accept the status quo just &lt;br/&gt;because that’s the way things have always been done. We should &lt;br/&gt;always be seeking adventure and having fun exploring new &lt;br/&gt;possibilities. By having the freedom to be creative in our &lt;br/&gt;solutions, we end up making our own luck. We approach situations &lt;br/&gt;and challenges with an open mind. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Sometimes our sense of adventure and creativity causes us to be &lt;br/&gt;unconventional in our solutions (because we have the freedom to &lt;br/&gt;think outside the box), but that’s what allows us to rise above &lt;br/&gt;and stay ahead of the competition.  Ask yourself: Are you taking enough risks? Are you afraid of &lt;br/&gt;making mistakes? Do you push yourself outside of your comfort &lt;br/&gt;zone? Is there a sense of adventure and creativity in the work &lt;br/&gt;that you do? What are some creative things that you can &lt;br/&gt;contribute to Zappos? Do you approach situations and challenges &lt;br/&gt;with an open mind? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;PURSUE GROWTH AND LEARNING &lt;br/&gt;=======================================================================  At Zappos, we think it’s important for employees to grow both &lt;br/&gt;personally and professionally. It’s important to constantly &lt;br/&gt;challenge and stretch yourself, and not be stuck in a job where &lt;br/&gt;you don’t feel like you are growing or learning. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We believe that inside every employee is more potential than even &lt;br/&gt;the employee himself/herself realizes. Our goal is to help &lt;br/&gt;employees unlock that potential. But it has to be a joint effort: &lt;br/&gt;You have to want to challenge and stretch yourself in order for it &lt;br/&gt;to happen.  If you’ve been at Zappos for more than a few months, one thing is &lt;br/&gt;clear: Zappos is growing. We grow because we take on new &lt;br/&gt;challenges, and we face even more new challenges because we’re &lt;br/&gt;growing. It’s an endless cycle, and it’s a good thing: it’s the &lt;br/&gt;only way for a company to survive. But it can also at times feel &lt;br/&gt;risky, stressful, and confusing. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Sometimes it may seem that new problems crop up as fast as we &lt;br/&gt;solve the old ones (sometimes faster!), but that just means that &lt;br/&gt;we’re moving — that we’re getting better and stronger. Anyone &lt;br/&gt;who wants to compete with us has to learn the same things, so &lt;br/&gt;problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve &lt;br/&gt;gotten better.  Yet no matter how much better we get, we’ll always have hard work &lt;br/&gt;to do, we’ll never be done, and we’ll never “get it right.” &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; That may seem negative, but it’s not: we’ll do our best to “get it &lt;br/&gt;right,” and then do it again when we find out that things have &lt;br/&gt;changed. That is the cycle of growth, and like it or not, that &lt;br/&gt;cycle won’t stop.  It’s hard… but if we weren’t doing something hard, then we’d &lt;br/&gt;have no business. The only reason we aren’t swamped by our &lt;br/&gt;competition is because what we do is hard, and we do it better &lt;br/&gt;than anyone else. If it ever gets too easy, start looking for a &lt;br/&gt;tidal wave of competition to wash us away. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; It may seem sometimes like we don’t know what we’re doing. And &lt;br/&gt;it’s true: we don’t. That’s a bit scary, but you can take comfort &lt;br/&gt;in knowing that nobody else knows how to do what we’re doing &lt;br/&gt;either. If they did, they’d be the web’s most popular shoe store. &lt;br/&gt;Sure, people have done parts of what we do before, but what we’ve &lt;br/&gt;learned over the years at Zappos is that the devil is in the &lt;br/&gt;details. And that’s where we’re breaking new ground.  So there are no experts in what we’re doing. Except for us: we &lt;br/&gt;are becoming experts as we do this. And for anyone we bring on &lt;br/&gt;board, the best expertise they can bring is expertise at learning &lt;br/&gt;and adapting and figuring new things out — helping the company &lt;br/&gt;grow, and in the process they will also be growing themselves. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: How do you grow personally? How do you grow &lt;br/&gt;professionally? Are you a better person today than you were &lt;br/&gt;yesterday? How do you get your co-workers and direct reports to &lt;br/&gt;grow personally? How do you get your co-workers and direct reports &lt;br/&gt;to grow professionally? How do you challenge and stretch &lt;br/&gt;yourself? Are you learning something everyday? What is your &lt;br/&gt;vision for where you want to go? How do you get the company as a &lt;br/&gt;whole to grow? Are you doing everything you can to promote &lt;br/&gt;company growth, and at the same time are you helping others &lt;br/&gt;understand the growth? Do you understand the company vision?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;BUILD OPEN AND HONEST RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNICATION &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Fundamentally, we believe that openness and honesty make for the &lt;br/&gt;best relationships because that leads to trust and faith. We &lt;br/&gt;value strong relationships in all areas: with managers, direct &lt;br/&gt;reports, customers (internal and external), vendors, business &lt;br/&gt;partners, team members, and co-workers.  Strong, positive relationships that are open and honest are a big &lt;br/&gt;part of what differentiates Zappos from most other companies. &lt;br/&gt;Strong relationships allow us to accomplish much more than we &lt;br/&gt;would be able to otherwise. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; A key ingredient in strong relationships is to develop emotional &lt;br/&gt;connections. It’s important to always act with integrity in your &lt;br/&gt;relationships, to be compassionate, friendly, loyal, and to make &lt;br/&gt;sure that you do the right thing and treat your relationships &lt;br/&gt;well. The hardest thing to do is to build trust, but if the trust &lt;br/&gt;exists, you can accomplish so much more.  In any relationship, it’s important to be a good listener as well &lt;br/&gt;as a good communicator. Open, honest communication is the best &lt;br/&gt;foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of &lt;br/&gt;the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make &lt;br/&gt;people feel that matters the most. In order for someone to feel &lt;br/&gt;good about a relationship, he/she must know that the other person &lt;br/&gt;truly cares about them, both personally and professionally. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; At Zappos, we embrace diversity in thoughts, opinions, and &lt;br/&gt;backgrounds. The more widespread and diverse your relationships &lt;br/&gt;are, the bigger the positive impact you can make on the company, &lt;br/&gt;and the more valuable you will be to the company. It is critical &lt;br/&gt;for relationship-building to have effective, open, and honest &lt;br/&gt;communication.  As the company grows, communication becomes more and more &lt;br/&gt;important, because everyone needs to understand how his/her team &lt;br/&gt;connects to the big picture of what we’re trying to accomplish. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Communication is always one of the weakest spots in any &lt;br/&gt;organization, no matter how good the communication is. We want &lt;br/&gt;everyone to always try to go the extra mile in encouraging &lt;br/&gt;thorough, complete, and effective communication.  Ask yourself: How much do people enjoy working with you? How can &lt;br/&gt;you improve those relationships? What new relationships can you &lt;br/&gt;build throughout the company beyond just the co-workers that you &lt;br/&gt;work with on a daily basis? How do you WOW the people that you &lt;br/&gt;have relationships with? How can you make your relationships more &lt;br/&gt;open and honest? How can you do a better job of communicating &lt;br/&gt;with everyone? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;BUILD A POSITIVE TEAM AND FAMILY SPIRIT &lt;br/&gt;=======================================================================  At Zappos, we place a lot of emphasis on our culture because we &lt;br/&gt;are both a team and a family. We want to create an environment &lt;br/&gt;that is friendly, warm, and exciting. We encourage diversity in &lt;br/&gt;ideas, opinions, and points of view. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The best leaders are those that lead by example and are both team &lt;br/&gt;followers as well as team leaders. We believe that in general, the &lt;br/&gt;best ideas and decisions are made from the bottom up, meaning by &lt;br/&gt;those on the front lines that are closest to the issues and/or the &lt;br/&gt;customers. The role of a manager is to remove obstacles and &lt;br/&gt;enable his/her direct reports to succeed. This means the best &lt;br/&gt;leaders are servant-leaders. They serve those they lead.  The best team members take initiative when they notice issues so &lt;br/&gt;that the team and the company can succeed. The best team members &lt;br/&gt;take ownership of issues and collaborate with other team members &lt;br/&gt;whenever challenges arise. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The best team members have a positive influence on one another and &lt;br/&gt;everyone they encounter. They strive to eliminate any kind of &lt;br/&gt;cynicism and negative interactions. Instead, the best team &lt;br/&gt;members are those that strive to create harmony with each other &lt;br/&gt;and whoever else they interact with.  We believe that the best teams are those that not only work with &lt;br/&gt;each other, but also interact with each other outside the office &lt;br/&gt;environment. Many of the company’s best ideas have been the &lt;br/&gt;direct result of informal interactions outside of the office. &lt;br/&gt;For example, the idea for our culture book came about from a &lt;br/&gt;casual discussion outside the office. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We are more than just a team though — we are a family. We watch &lt;br/&gt;out for each other, care for each other, and go above and beyond &lt;br/&gt;for each other because we believe in each other and we trust each &lt;br/&gt;other. We work together but we also play together. Our bonds go &lt;br/&gt;far beyond the typical “co-worker” relationships found at most &lt;br/&gt;other companies.  Ask yourself: How do you encourage more teamwork? How do you &lt;br/&gt;encourage more people to take initiative? How do you encourage &lt;br/&gt;more people to take ownership? What can you do with your team &lt;br/&gt;members so that you feel both like a family and a team? How can &lt;br/&gt;you build stronger relationships with your team members both &lt;br/&gt;inside and outside the office? Do you instill a sense of team and &lt;br/&gt;family not just within your department, but across the entire &lt;br/&gt;company? Do you exemplify a positive team spirit? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;DO MORE WITH LESS &lt;br/&gt;=======================================================================  Zappos has always been about being able to do more with less. &lt;br/&gt;While we may be casual in our interactions with each other, we are &lt;br/&gt;focused and serious about the operations of our business. We &lt;br/&gt;believe in hard work and putting in the extra effort to get things &lt;br/&gt;done. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We believe in operational excellence, and realize that there is &lt;br/&gt;always room for improvement in everything we do. This means that &lt;br/&gt;our work is never done. In order to stay ahead of the competition &lt;br/&gt;(or would-be competition), we need to continuously innovate as &lt;br/&gt;well as make incremental improvements to our operations, always &lt;br/&gt;striving to make ourselves more efficient, always trying to figure &lt;br/&gt;out how to do something better. We use mistakes as learning &lt;br/&gt;opportunities.  We must never lose our sense of urgency in making improvements. &lt;br/&gt;We must never settle for “good enough”, because good is the enemy &lt;br/&gt;of great, and our goal is to not only become a great company, but &lt;br/&gt;to become the greatest service company in the world. We set and &lt;br/&gt;exceed our own high standards, constantly raising the bar for &lt;br/&gt;competitors and for ourselves. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: How can you do what you’re doing more efficiently? &lt;br/&gt;How can your department become more efficient? How can the &lt;br/&gt;company as a whole become more efficient? How can you personally &lt;br/&gt;help the company become more efficient?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;BE PASSIONATE AND DETERMINED &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Passion is the fuel that drives ourselves and our company forward. &lt;br/&gt;We value passion, determination, perserverance, and the sense of &lt;br/&gt;urgency.  We are inspired because we believe in what we are doing and where &lt;br/&gt;we are going. We don’t take “no” or “that’ll never work” for an &lt;br/&gt;answer, because if we had, Zappos would never have started in the &lt;br/&gt;first place. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Passion and determination are contagious. We believe in having a &lt;br/&gt;positive and optimistic (but realistic) attitude about everything &lt;br/&gt;we do, because we realize that this inspires others to have the &lt;br/&gt;same attitude.  There is excitement in knowing that everyone you work with has a &lt;br/&gt;tremendous impact on a larger dream and vision, and you can see &lt;br/&gt;that impact day in and day out. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: Are you passionate about the company? Are you &lt;br/&gt;passionate about your work? Do you love what you do and who you &lt;br/&gt;work with? Are you happy here? Are you inspired? Do you believe &lt;br/&gt;in what we are doing and where we are going? Is this the place &lt;br/&gt;for you?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;BE HUMBLE &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; While we have grown quickly in the past, we recognize that there &lt;br/&gt;are always challenges ahead to tackle. We believe that no matter &lt;br/&gt;what happens, we should always be respectful of everyone.  While we celebreate our individual and team successes, we are not &lt;br/&gt;arrogant nor do we treat others differently from how we would want &lt;br/&gt;to be treated. Instead, we carry ourselves with a quiet &lt;br/&gt;confidence, because we believe that in the long run our character &lt;br/&gt;will speak for itself. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Ask yourself: Are you humble when talking about your &lt;br/&gt;accomplishments? Are you humble when talking about the company’s &lt;br/&gt;accomplishments? Do you treat both large and small vendors with &lt;br/&gt;the same amount of respect that they treat you?  ======================================================================= &lt;br/&gt;RECOMMENDED BOOKS &lt;br/&gt;======================================================================= &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; The following are books that Zappos recommends. They are &lt;br/&gt;available to all employees and vendors for free in the Zappos &lt;br/&gt;library, located next to the merchandising area in the Las Vegas &lt;br/&gt;office. If you are an employee, you may also order them for &lt;br/&gt;yourself from Amazon and submit an expense report to have the cost &lt;br/&gt;reimbursed.  Deliver WOW Through Service &lt;br/&gt;- “The Fred Factor” by Mark Sanborn &lt;br/&gt;- “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin &lt;br/&gt;- “Raving Fans” by Ken Blanchard &lt;br/&gt;- “Lovemarks” by Kevin Roberts &lt;br/&gt;- “Branded Customer Service” by Janelle Barlow &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Embrace and Drive Change &lt;br/&gt;- “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson  Create Fun and A Little Weirdness &lt;br/&gt;- “Lovemarks” by Kevin Roberts &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Be Adventurous, Creative, and Open-Minded &lt;br/&gt;- “Re-imagine!” by Tom Peters &lt;br/&gt;- “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell  Pursue Growth and Learning &lt;br/&gt;- “Self-Help Stuff That Works” by Adam Khan &lt;br/&gt;- “Blink” by Malcolm Gladwell &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Build Open and Honest Relationships With Communication  Build a Positive Team and Family Spirit &lt;br/&gt;- “Fish!” by Stephen C. Lundin &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Do More With Less &lt;br/&gt;- “212” by S.L. Parker &lt;br/&gt;- “The Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell  Be Passionate and Determined &lt;br/&gt;- “212” by S.L. Parker &lt;br/&gt;- “Good to Great” by Jim Collins &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Be Humble &lt;br/&gt;- “Good to Great” by Jim Collins  ————————————————————————————————— &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; THE ZAPPOS VISION:  - One day, 30% of all retail transactions in the United States &lt;br/&gt; will be online. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; - Consumers will buy from the company with the best service and &lt;br/&gt; the best selection.  - Zappos will be that company. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; —————————————————————————————————</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232327173</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232327173</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:30:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Mahalo payments for September/October are booming!</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/VMtHYOypeBsM24IxU6keQIpHgpKyEmESGBdzOesxsh4fnlb7Fft9kxX4vkLP/payments.png" width="451" height="262"/&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/dmlcodSy2NlSuITbUHQ4kSKFqlBKqvgAj4jg0lifc2E0AjQWzE5fDzkr3zks/payments_requested.png" width="454" height="254"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://jasoncalacanis.posterous.com/mahalo-payments-for-septemberoctober-are-boom"&gt;See and download the full gallery on posterous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232326237</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232326237</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:29:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Meetup.com Corporate Culture Document</title><description>Our Culture  The people at Meetup HQ are led by a big idea. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We want to see the world’s people self-organize. We believe that &lt;br/&gt;people can change their world, or the world by organizing themselves &lt;br/&gt;into groups powerful enough to make a difference.  So what does this say about the kind of company we are? &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Our vision is big and bold, even a little bit crazy. So how could we &lt;br/&gt;ever follow convention? We won’t.  What we do is needed now. So how could we ever be slow and slipshod? We won’t. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We’re about real, face-to-face contact. The human scale. So why would &lt;br/&gt;we ever slip into corporate-speak or corporate-do? We won’t.  We have a big vision. But let’s take our task seriously, not &lt;br/&gt;ourselves. Let’s not be wide-eyed, humorless table-thumpers. Goofiness &lt;br/&gt;go a long way to save us from ourselves. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We want the world’s people to self-organize. Decentralization is &lt;br/&gt;fundamental to our worldview. So ‘command-control’ is not how we’ll &lt;br/&gt;manage ourselves or engage with our customers.  And we’re about the power of groups. So why wouldn’t we collaborate, &lt;br/&gt;share credit and act as a team. We will. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We get a little choked when people tell us how their lives have &lt;br/&gt;changed. It’s hokey. But it’s good to be hokey.  Weirdly, we’re also cynical…but about ourselves and how good a job &lt;br/&gt;we’re doing. We’re not cynical about our aspirations for the world, or &lt;br/&gt;the members who will change it for the better. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We love that our members want to have fun…or fundamentally change &lt;br/&gt;the world. Or both. We admire these people who tell their stories, &lt;br/&gt;expose their vulnerabilities, fear that people think they’re freaks &lt;br/&gt;(let’s remember that we’re all freaky one way or another).  We cheer this multitude of ordinary people who are crazy enough to &lt;br/&gt;meet complete strangers and fearless enough to start a meetup. Never &lt;br/&gt;underestimate or under value what it takes to do what they do. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; We’re in this to change the world. We don’t just ‘do’ community &lt;br/&gt;because it’s a good business. That means that we will scrutinize every &lt;br/&gt;decision to ensure that we will make money only if we make more &lt;br/&gt;successful meetups.  We’re a company that believes the company of others can change lives, &lt;br/&gt;or the world, for the better. That means we want a meetup where and &lt;br/&gt;when it’s needed.</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232318964</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232318964</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:21:33 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>NetFlix corporate culture document</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/U4nZfyGZlSpiD3PPPj4BQpQJplsUeIkuz29lA1zEFc0ZpEHzJCcMBBItOVgp/Picture_25.png.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/WfsHDc4Bc9aaOjZh7RtZKpDYXCOdJpgI8PPVaIx0nOjV9nKyGJo20XWcAd8y/Picture_25.png.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="376"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232318384</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232318384</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:20:46 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Keiretsu Forum still baiting and switching for $6,000 fee?!?!?</title><description>Just got this note in. Looks like Keiretsu Forum is still charging?!?!   &lt;br/&gt;————— Forwarded message ————— &lt;br/&gt;From: &lt;br/&gt;Date: Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:25 PM &lt;br/&gt;Subject: Keiretsu Forum Fee &lt;br/&gt;To: jason@ &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Hi Jason  There’s no mention about the fee at all on the website, so after &lt;br/&gt;completing their detailed submission format, I’ve got a call from them &lt;br/&gt;wanting to schedule a deal screening time. He then mentioned about the &lt;br/&gt;fee, USD6,000, all this while I thought it was free. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;br/&gt;————— Forwarded message ————— &lt;br/&gt;Subject: Keiretsu Forum Project   &lt;br/&gt;Dear TKTKTKTK, &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Thank you for submitting your application to present at the Keiretsu &lt;br/&gt;Forum chapter meetings in the San Francisco Bay Area on September 23, &lt;br/&gt;24 &amp; 25.  We will begin the prescreening process for the August &lt;br/&gt;Keiretsu Forum meetings the week of Sept 7-11 and should be contacting &lt;br/&gt;you within the next few days to coordinate a one-hour prescreening &lt;br/&gt;conference call.  In the meantime, please review, sign, and either fax or send as a pdf &lt;br/&gt;the attached screening agreement. Please note that we cannot set up &lt;br/&gt;the prescreening call until we receive the agreement. Our fax number &lt;br/&gt;is (415) 543-2007. I have also attached an article written by Ed &lt;br/&gt;Harley, one of our most active members, on how to deliver an effective &lt;br/&gt;presentation. It will provide a good reference for your future &lt;br/&gt;preparations. &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Finally, please let us know your availability for a prescreening call &lt;br/&gt;the week of September 7-11. It helps if you can provide us with &lt;br/&gt;numerous available blocks of time.  Gene W. Chien &lt;br/&gt;Entrepreneur Director &lt;br/&gt;Keiretsu Forum East Bay/ Silicon Valley &lt;br/&gt;3466 Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite C-205 &lt;br/&gt;Lafayette, CA 94549 &lt;br/&gt;Office: (925) 283-8829 &lt;br/&gt;Mobile: (408) 833-0033 &lt;br/&gt;Fax #1: (925) 283-8159 &lt;br/&gt;Fax #2: (415) 563-2007 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:gene@keiretsuforum.com"&gt;gene@keiretsuforum.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.keiretsuforum.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.keiretsuforum.com"&gt;www.keiretsuforum.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232195998</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/232195998</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:53:44 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>In the words of Sade, this is no ordinary love....</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/U5aOjy3txtjG3qp9GaUVCyDn2Cf43QtFSX0oewAO26F2ZbXiUJs5NinNiVlj/photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/zYewX3jGo1n0zn1RsZpMOxjE3ju4Ten188PFb3zETya9KTeUQwx4dgyre0Xv/photo.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sent from my iPhone, but I’d rather be using my blackberry frankly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/231965382</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/231965382</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:33:29 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Putting in new deck for baby rocking/playing in the sun! #babytime</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/j8W4nZdL2WaEw8OkyEd00eLFc7AxIjWzLX8j8SI3nABnbHhZqGYa91wD2GQe/IMG00087-20091102-0939.jpg.scaled.1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/da52MypN40Ghi3k7HI3etwDpKPnmBxut2DSj7iidErS6kaLs2hLZsMgmg7kz/IMG00087-20091102-0939.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;———————- &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:Jason@Calacanis.com"&gt;Jason@Calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt; | Mobile: 310-456-4900 &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.calacanis.com"&gt;http://www.calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mahalo.com"&gt;http://www.mahalo.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br/&gt;Executive Assistant: &lt;a href="mailto:admin@calacanis.com"&gt;admin@calacanis.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/230953364</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/230953364</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:48:35 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Bacon and cheddar waffle from John O'Groats in LA</title><description>&lt;a href="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/GuxH4441cRK1vmCQGQ8BdlH1FFoMJYDCsWG35z6CWC7m9Lor6EaxJV5Jipz0/photo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/jasoncalacanis/jwaayh56I7ZYAnVInr8hj88FDZCY4HKv3VEIC8mhOCAuGqBOqfjN0YOYDt03/photo.jpg.scaled.500.jpg" width="500" height="375"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Sent from my iPhone, but I’d rather be using my blackberry frankly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/229847352</link><guid>http://jasoncalacanis.tumblr.com/post/229847352</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:45:18 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
