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(Bonus) Jason Calacanis Interview

Techmeme Ride Home

CHAPTER

The Rise and Fall of the Tech Industry

In the 80s there were modems and you could dial up to a bulletin board so my first computer in 1983 was a PC junior. I would have my war dialer on waiting for you to hang up so I could be the next person on to get busy signal. My dad had won a copy of the Empire Strikes Back off of a mafia oce guy guy wrote him like pre-grand playing backgam, he got it from his friend Jason. Cyberfer lasted five years with the publisher Star Surfer over the trademark because I trademarked the name Cyber Surfer that was my online handle in the 90s and early 2000s.

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