Scarlett Johansson not Dating Jason Calcanis

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I like Calcanis' numbers driven, calculator crunching, East Coast attitude. It's not that he's always right - generally the best stats he has he keeps to himself, like we all do. He speaks fast, and his mind. And rightly once he flips "The" opportunity (eg blog network) he tells everyone else the space is a waste of time. I do agree that blog networks to succeed need to focus (more) on how they can monetise a targeted page impression X times more than google (like how adbrite is), while building back end scale and cost efficiencies. Calcanis is also good at pushing others buttons, and he know's it; "30 of the 50 blog networks will fizzle out and/or die. Only one or two (other than Gawker) will break 20M pages a month. The blog network space is just way too crowded, and if you can't go big at this point you're gonna have a real hard time doing a *real* network (say 20 blogs or more). Now, you'll do just fine if you stay focused on a narrow niche that you can own."