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Opinion
Calacanis: Tim Cook should not be CEO of Apple anymore
“If a company is storing a bunch of capital and paying you a dividend, that signals to us that you are not a bold and ambitious founder, and this is one of the big problems I have with Apple and Tim Cook, which, who I don't think should be CEO of that company a…”
Jason Calacanis Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 44:59 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
Opinion
A startup could reach $100M in revenue using entirely no-code tools
“Like Airbnb, if it's being built today, could be built on Bubble, Webflow, one of these tools, Squarespace, Zapier, Slack, Airtable. You could glue all this stuff together and do it without a developer and probably get to 10 to a hundred million in revenue wit…”
Jason Calacanis Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 51:24 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
Opinion
Calacanis: Accredited investor rules harm poor people by blocking high-upside bets
“The accreditation rules and the fact that our economic system is designed to protect people who are poor by not letting them take risk. That's noble, but it's wrong in today's society. The people who need to take risks and make bets That could have 200 X outco…”
Jason Calacanis Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 54:41 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
Opinion
Calacanis: Hanging Investment Decisions on Market Size Is Cowardice
“So you have to, I think, if you're going to be great at this, not try to be a coward and hang your hat on the market size. I think that's what cowards do.”
Jason Calacanis Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 22:31 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
Opinion
Calacanis: Employers Value Self-Taught Candidates Over University Graduates
“People would value you more if you hacked the system and didn't pay them and did it on your own than if you actually went to the school.”
Jason Calacanis Apr 14, 2020 ▶ 33:10 #81 Jason Calacanis: Intelligent Risk
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