Calacanis keynote

October 26, 2006 By

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.

Jason just posted the press release.

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  • http://emm-ess.blogspot.com/ Marc Snyder

    Wait a minute! I thought the press release was dead!?!

  • http://emm-ess.blogspot.com Marc Snyder

    Wait a minute! I thought the press release was dead!?!

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Marc: it is. But I thought I’d link to it anyway.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Marc: it is. But I thought I’d link to it anyway.

  • http://podslug.com/blog Erik Herz
  • http://podslug.com/blog Erik Herz
  • anand

    btw what did he actually say. Are not blogs supposed to give more information rather than a dozen links :(

  • anand

    btw what did he actually say. Are not blogs supposed to give more information rather than a dozen links :(

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Anand: I linked to TONS of people who reported on what he had to say in my previous post. Don’t you read?

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Anand: I linked to TONS of people who reported on what he had to say in my previous post. Don’t you read?

  • http://joeduck.wordpress.com/ joeduck

    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?

  • http://joeduck.wordpress.com/ joeduck

    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?

  • http://www.richbrownell.com/ Richard Brownell

    joeduck: He’s on the board of that school. That’s why he chose it.

  • http://www.richbrownell.com Richard Brownell

    joeduck: He’s on the board of that school. That’s why he chose it.

  • http://www.calacanis.com/ Jason

    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.

  • http://www.calacanis.com Jason

    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.

  • Russ Henry

    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. ; )

  • Russ Henry

    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. ; )