In this special replay episode Jason Calacanis joins Nick to discuss his new book and his secrets to successful angel investing. We address questions including:

Why Jason wrote the book
What drives him to continue angel investing after all his success
His thoughts on angels that make large investments during their first year of angel investing
His focus on finding 5,000x returns and his response to those that say he is discouraging innovation w/ this approach
How he thinks about the economics and business model of early-stage businesses in nascent markets
If he takes a contrarian or adversarial approach with founders

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