Jason Calacanis, the CEO of Mahalo who is famous for his Twitter-follower envy (and is our partner in organizing the TechCrunch 50 conference), now is trying his hand at his own Web video talk show. It is called This Week In Startups and it is being streamed live on Ustream right now.
The format is an hour-long interview Charlie Rose style, compete with the black background. Except Calacanis couldn’t find a round table, so he’s using a rectangular one instead. His first guest is literally his best friend, Brian Alvey. Calacanis and Alvey built Weblogs together before selling it to AOL, and Alvey is now the CEO of Crowdfusion, a content management system. So if you are into CMS platforms, check it out. Alvey has created 21 of them.
Calacanis is always entertaining and Alvey is a smart guy. But, come on, Calacanis. You couldn’t find anyone else to be on your first show than your best friend? Oh well, the important thing is that he Calacanis actually launched the show. We definitely need a talk show that is focused solely on startups and how to build them. I like the format and think this could build a rabid following. The best part is that Calacanis is taking questions for his guest from Twitter.
The show, which is in progress, is embedded below. If you want to ask a question, send out a Tweet with the hashtag #twist:
Someone should tell Jason that “Mashallow” needs his full attention if he ever hopes to sell that doggy.
“We definitely need a talk show that is focused solely on startups and how to build them.”
Have you guys heard about Vator.TV ?
or sbtv.com
Go VATOR!!!!!!!!!!
i will tune into this while i might not agree with everything jason does as a business man he is hard to beat.
Hey Jason, this just in…. you’re a douche.
I’m a big Jason fan but i might have trouble watching for a full hour. Our One Shot is quicker, more fun, and Krista rocks http://budurl.com/TheOneShot And John Biggs is featured on Twitter Talk. If you find something better, let me know!
I’m a big Jason fan but i might have trouble watching for a full hour. Our One Shot is quicker, more fun, and Krista rocks http://budurl.com/TheOneShot And John Biggs is featured on Twitter Talk. If you find something better, let me know!
Best in Show.
I’m afraid to watch.
Worst logo ever.
“But, come on, Calacanis. You couldn’t find anyone else to be on your first show than your best friend?”
I thought Calacanis’ best friend was Kenny, his Tai Quan Do partner with a knack for Cheetos and Arabian circus freaks. He practiced Tai Quan Do with Calacanis everyday from 1987-1989, beating him 841 out of 841 times.
Funniest comment ever.
The proper spelling is Tae Kwon Do
LMAO. Tell ‘im, Jason.
Vator.tv is good as well as startuplucky.com. Aranado has a very entertaining way about him. Short 15min interviews on startups.
I hope Jason interviews real startups and not ones that have been around for years.
Who gives a shit?
Why do you bother to even post a bullshit comment like that, “jim”?