Media Diet
JCPerson-first discovery
Startup investor and media operator chronicling early-stage company building
A demo stack for startup formation, angel investing, founder storytelling, media distribution, and early-market pattern recognition.
A curated look at what Jason Calacanis reads, watches, listens to, and recommends.
Top Shelf
Large-format recommendations with covers, source context, quote snippets, and endorsement strength.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
Source note: Poor Charlie's Almanack is framed as a useful lens for investing, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Source note: Zero to One is framed as a useful lens for startups, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Trails
Interviews & Appearances
Podcast and video appearances where recommendations can be linked back to public source material.
YouTube
The Media Diet Interview
The Media Diet Interview
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to Jason Calacanis. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourcePodcast
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
CuriosityStacks Source Notes
A mock source container for recommendations attributed to Jason Calacanis. This record demonstrates how public appearances will connect to sourced items later.
View recommendations from this sourceThe Stack
Organized like a curated collection instead of a generic database.
Long-form reading that shapes the person's public thinking.
Audio sources, shows, and conversations connected to this stack.
Podcast Show
Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
Podcast Show
Invest Like the Best
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Podcast Show
All-In Podcast
All-In Hosts
Podcast Episode
Marketplaces and Network Effects
Business Deep Dives
Videos, talks, and visual explainers referenced in source trails.
Nothing on this shelf yet
This category will fill in as more sourced recommendations are added.
Products, templates, and workflows mentioned as useful inputs.
Nothing on this shelf yet
This category will fill in as more sourced recommendations are added.
Concepts and mental models that show up across the media diet.
Additional references that do not fit a primary shelf yet.
Nothing on this shelf yet
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All Recommendations
Move between read, listen, watch, use, ideas, recent mentions, and strongest endorsements.
Idea
Mental Models
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Mental Models is framed as a useful lens for ideas, judgment, and better inputs.
Idea
Compounding Trust
CuriosityStacks Editorial
Source note: Compounding Trust is framed as a useful lens for leadership, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
Source note: Poor Charlie's Almanack is framed as a useful lens for investing, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters
Source note: Zero to One is framed as a useful lens for startups, judgment, and better inputs.
Book
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source note: Thinking, Fast and Slow is framed as a useful lens for psychology, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
Source note: Acquired is framed as a useful lens for business, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
Invest Like the Best
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Source note: Invest Like the Best is framed as a useful lens for investing, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Show
All-In Podcast
All-In Hosts
Source note: All-In Podcast is framed as a useful lens for technology, judgment, and better inputs.
Podcast Episode
Marketplaces and Network Effects
Business Deep Dives
Source note: Marketplaces and Network Effects is framed as a useful lens for strategy, judgment, and better inputs.
Source Notes
Recommendations are linked to public interviews, posts, show notes, and transcripts where available. Prototype records are source-shaped examples and should be verified against public material before production publication.
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