Kara Visits EconSM (and Lives Large With Jason Calacanis)!
by Kara Swisher
Posted on April 29, 2008 at 5:00 AM PT
Yesterday, I traveled to Los Angeles for paidContent’s second Economics of Social Media conference, which opened last night and is being held all day today at the Skirball Cultural Center.
This morning, I am interviewing Steve Wadsworth, who helms Walt Disney’s (DIS) Internet businesses.
And after sating myself with as much Club Penguin info as possible, I will be sitting rapt in the front row, as folks like Yahoo’s (YHOO) Jeff Weiner, Bebo’s Joanna Shields and AOL’s (TWX) Ron Grant talk about how social media is going to finally make money.
BoomTown is on a vision quest to answer that question in the coming year, so we are kicking entrepreneurs and taking names!
Here’s a short video I did on the opening night, including talking to paidContent’s Staci Kramer and Seth Goldstein of Social Media.
But, first, it starts with a tour of my temporary L.A. abode at the home of Mahalo’s Jason Calacanis:
