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by pdq 4720 days ago
I've got much respect for Jason Calacanis and his "This week in startups" Youtube channel, but I don't see how this benefits the contributors. Half a million donations and the users don't reap the dividends of investment, or earn an interest in the site?

Either the site should be sold as an investment so someone gets a real financial interest, or someone should just make "newhackaday.com" as a non-profit and move everyone over there.
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harold 4720 days ago
From Calacanis recently on Twitter:

"Need designer to work gratis on wearable computer mockups for editorial. grt exposure/u own content. ping jason AT inside.com"

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/352489885682241536

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jlgaddis 4719 days ago
He's making five figures a month from this (Hack-a-day) site, putting that back into other startups, looking to get half a million out of it, and wants a designer to work for him FOR FREE!?

Yeah, now I'm even happier that I decided to keep my money.

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