Would Jason Calacanis sell Mahalo for a Price or would he stick with it for a lifetime?

As a disclaimer, I have no personal knowledge on the matter of Jason's actual intentions, so the following is (hopefully informed) speculation only. From what I've read about Jason Calacanis, he is an Internet entrepreneur. What this means is that he comes up with innovative ideas of web-based (or web-related) businesses, builds them up, and when he feels they are mature, and can stand on their own (or on the flip side, when he feels they are not likely to be able to stand on their own in any reasonable time frame) he moves on.

The first instance was Rising Tide Studios and its flagship publication,the Silicon Alley Reporter - a newsletter turned magazine that Jason started up in 1996, which turned into Venture Reporter in 2001, sold to Wicks Business Information, and ended up in the hands of Dow Jones and Company. Following the sale of Rising Tide Studios and Silicon Alley Reporter, Jason started up Weblogs, Inc. , a blogging platform, with Brian Alvey, and Engadget, a webzine with Peter Rojas.

AdSense revenue from Weblogs at one point exceeded $1 million/year. In 2005, Weblogs Inc. (with Engadget as part of the deal) was purchased by AOL for a rumored $25 million.

After several positions e.g. At AOL and Sequoia Capital, Jason launched Mahalo.com. If we extrapolate Jason's history, he seems to be best at coming up with innovative ideas, getting them funded, launching them, building them up, and then selling them to a large(r) company before moving on to the next challenge.It is a widely known fact that the skill set and attitudes needed to be a successful entrepreneur are different (some would say incompatible) with those needed to run and navigate an established business entity. It seems Jason has a very well-developed and strong entrepreneurial skill set and attitude, but is either not able to, or more likely not interested in, continuing to run the same entities for the long haul.

Thus, my conclusion is that if Jason can get a sufficiently lucrative offer for Mahalo, especially once it turns profitable and seems to be on a good trajectory, he is likely to sell the site, possibly staying on for a time to provide for a smooth transition.

(I'm completely new here, so bare with me! ) But I think if Jason truly cared about the site that he has created, and was passionate about it as any entrepreneur should be (online or off) then he would stick with his project and stay dedicated to improving it rather than selling it for a few quick bucks. That's just what I think, but if he's really passionate about it, he would never sell Mahalo :).

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