Comments on: Calacanis, Kaplan and Dachis… Just Lucky or Good? http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/ Let the Reign Begin Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:25:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-54653 Mike Fri, 02 May 2008 04:13:57 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-54653 If by luck they mean busting your ass, networking with the right people, seeing an opportunity that no one else sees, being smart enough to gauge where the market and the industry is going, hiring the right people, planning every quarter for growth or consolidation, sacrificing, risking, and getting up every time you get knocked down, then yeah they're lucky. If by luck they mean walking in the door and getting handed millions of dollars, then I want to know what color the sky is in that world, because it's not this one. If by luck they mean busting your ass, networking with the right people, seeing an opportunity that no one else sees, being smart enough to gauge where the market and the industry is going, hiring the right people, planning every quarter for growth or consolidation, sacrificing, risking, and getting up every time you get knocked down, then yeah they’re lucky.

If by luck they mean walking in the door and getting handed millions of dollars, then I want to know what color the sky is in that world, because it’s not this one.

]]> By: Adam http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53725 Adam Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:56:41 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53725 I don't know abut the others, but Kaplan was lucky. I don’t know abut the others, but Kaplan was lucky.

]]> By: jason http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53586 jason Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:50:07 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53586 I'm 37 and I think Dachis is older than me and Phil is a little younger. I’m 37 and I think Dachis is older than me and Phil is a little younger.

]]> By: Mike Huang http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53583 Mike Huang Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:28:38 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53583 You forgot to mention how old they are :) I love to know the ages of great entrepreneurs :P -Mike You forgot to mention how old they are :) I love to know the ages of great entrepreneurs :P

-Mike

]]> By: Affiliate Confession http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53581 Affiliate Confession Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:19:14 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53581 Yep Jason, you did earn a pretty penny with that one as well. Yep Jason, you did earn a pretty penny with that one as well.

]]> By: Zac Johnson http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53579 Zac Johnson Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:10:41 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53579 Yes, it is unfortunate... has been that way for some time now. It was a good site, I liked it. Yes, it is unfortunate… has been that way for some time now. It was a good site, I liked it.

]]> By: michael http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53575 michael Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:28:47 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53575 They were extremely lucky, but it takes a good bit of work to put yourself in the position to get lucky! They were extremely lucky, but it takes a good bit of work to put yourself in the position to get lucky!

]]> By: Michael Kwan http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53573 Michael Kwan Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:27:03 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53573 I just went to check out F'd Company and it gave me this message (edited for language): F*ckedcompany is... temporarily f*cked I just went to check out F’d Company and it gave me this message (edited for language):

F*ckedcompany is… temporarily f*cked

]]> By: jason http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53535 jason Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:47:54 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53535 Affiliate confession: for the record, my first business Silicon Alley Reporter reached 11.6M in revenue in its fourth year.... so I got much luckier on that one. :-) Affiliate confession: for the record, my first business Silicon Alley Reporter reached 11.6M in revenue in its fourth year…. so I got much luckier on that one. :-)

]]> By: Affiliate Confession http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53533 Affiliate Confession Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:28:31 +0000 http://zacjohnson.com/calacanis-kaplan-and-dachis-just-lucky-or-good/#comment-53533 Jason is definitely a smart guy and a hard worker, but I'm going to say he got lucky with Weblogs Inc. If he were the real deal he'd just go about his business building multi-milliion dollar companies instead of pimpin his ideas and biting off people's heads at conferences. Jason is definitely a smart guy and a hard worker, but I’m going to say he got lucky with Weblogs Inc. If he were the real deal he’d just go about his business building multi-milliion dollar companies instead of pimpin his ideas and biting off people’s heads at conferences.

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