Jason Calacanis Quotes

Just the idea to have everything you need essentially stored in one piece of portable technology is very exciting.

We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.

I really think the Uberfication of everything is a trend that I didn't expect to be coming this fast. I mean, every single thing you want to do in your life, people are building services to take all the pain out.

Smartphones are always in your pocket. They're about reactive capture.

Having a cellphone in your pocket, you can get anything you want anytime you want it. Right then and there, boom, you have it.

What's most revolutionary about Uber is not the tool that consumers use but the fact that the only equipment needed by its drivers is their iPhone.

Uber was probably the perfect inflection point of a world that is changing so fast in terms of consumers that are... pushing that button and using the mobile phone as the remote control for their life.

I love my Kindle, but there are many books that I need to physically own. I think having the choice makes all the difference. Instant gratification - buying a book digitally and owning it sixty seconds later - really is a revolutionary act.

If you have a smartphone - and you have a smartphone - then you have a comic book store in your pocket. So you don't have to get over any social anxiety you have about entering that space.

Every year we are greeted by a host of new apps that will 'change the way we think' about ordering takeout, 'fundamentally transform' our shoe purchases, or 'revolutionize' the way we edit photos.

Just start thinking about all the different services in your life. Like getting your dry cleaning picked up and dropped off. Nobody has done the Uber of that yet. But that will be Uberfied. You will arrange your dry cleaning via your phone.

Downloading is definitely on the rise, but not because it's free - that's probably third on the list - but because it's immediate and the selection is virtually unlimited.

Our ever-present mobile devices provide the immediate and convenient information necessary to make sharing things truly irresistible.

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.

I guess I just want everything to be available immediately.

There's a mobile app for almost anything you may want to do, any situation you confront.

I like buying iTunes. It's instant.

The Internet has changed everything. We expect to know everything instantly. If you don't understand digital communication, you're at a disadvantage.

In an economy increasingly dominated by network effects, peer-to-peer transactions, self-regulation, and contract labor, the old frameworks are woefully irrelevant.

You ain't got to wait on a cab no more; just call your Uber, and it pulls up. But waiting isn't an option: that's just a big part of life.

Technology has made it possible to order food, buy clothes, get a ride - anything you can think of, really - at the touch of a button. But what about having the right people near you when you need them?

Not every time you open Messenger do you want an Uber, but when you do want an Uber, it appears. That is the goal.

Beyond helping people have a richer social life, Uber's also a model of collaborative commerce and efficiently tackling excess capacity.

I'd like to realize services that people naturally think should be available and create a society where they can feel the convenience of digitalization.

Especially in the digital age, people want everything now, now, now.