Calacanis keynote
Yeah, Jason, it was a great keynote.
It’s great to be able to donate $100,000 to help a few underprivileged kids get a great education.
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October 26th, 2006 at 11:38 am
Wait a minute! I thought the press release was dead!?!
October 26th, 2006 at 11:41 am
Marc: it is. But I thought I’d link to it anyway.
October 26th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Here Jason talks about this in more detail:
http://media.podshow.com/media/214/episodes/29870/gillmorgang-29870-10-08-2006_pshow_16107.mp3
Have fun!
Erik
October 26th, 2006 at 1:42 pm
btw what did he actually say. Are not blogs supposed to give more information rather than a dozen links :(
October 26th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Anand: I linked to TONS of people who reported on what he had to say in my previous post. Don’t you read?
October 27th, 2006 at 10:10 am
A nice gesture by him, but wouldn’t it be 100 times more effective to give the money to *cheap* education for *hundreds* of kids?
October 27th, 2006 at 11:57 am
joeduck: He’s on the board of that school. That’s why he chose it.
October 28th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Joeduck: You’re the second person I’ve heard that from. I think there are many things you can do to help people… some cost very little (think: a smile, an hour of your time, etc), some cost more (think: a new house for someone in the New Orleans). Each has a different impact. We could have bought a couple of dozens of computers in this case, or sent one kid to Harvard–all of these are great.
As Richard said, I’m on the board of this school and I’ve seen the massive impact going to a $12-14k a year school can have on a student. However, some folks could never (never, ever) afford to go to one of these schools and I thought it would be amazing to give a kid the chance to experience the best education you could ever get. Imagine the massive impact going from 40+ kids in a public school class to 15 in a private school… I think it will be big for these students.
I’m not an expert on society, education, or philanthropy to be honest. I couldn’t tell you what is the best idea–I’m just trying to do something that feels right.
October 29th, 2006 at 5:44 am
Jason,
Check out Juan Mann and his one man effort to change the world in his little(Big)way. Free Hug.
If you can only help one person in the world, then your life has been worth the struggle.
Greater coverage is good. However, pin point focus is not wrong, only different. 1000 fold blessing this Sunday on you and your family for your efforts to help others. Don’t stop.
Good example Robert. ; )