So I haven't met Jason Calacanis yet....and I hope to one day soon. But he's in my blog roll and I read his recent post on life at AOL and had to feel for him. He's doing a noble job at trying to bring AOL back from the early 90's and is struggling against many big company problems -- i.e. the "call" and AOL's "data valdez". I read a similar post that is worth reading by Niall Kennedy on his departure from Microsoft.
Reading these posts makes me respect the guys who act as intrapreneurs and catalysts within big companies -- in some ways it's harder than entrepreneurship (and in some ways it's easier -- afterall you can always go home at 5PM and know that the gig isn't reliant on you showing up with your best game). That said, Given Niall's departure from MSFT, I have to wonder how long Jason will put up with life at AOL ...
