"I'm on a jihad against people who prey on the desperateness of the
startup entrepreneur," Jason Calacanis told The Deal last week.
Calacanis was in New York City to host the Open Angel Forum, an
evening when half a dozen startups got the opportunity to pitch 20
of the city's top angel investors -- without having to pay for the
privilege, as some other competing events require. Calacanis knows
what it's like to be a startup entrepreneur. He the founder of
several startups, including Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc.
(sold to AOL LLC for $25 million in 2005) and his current project,
Mahalo.com. Watch the video below or download it on iTunes. -- Mary
Kathleen Flynn