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In this interview with The Deal's Mary Kathleen Flynn, Jason Calacanis recounts how he got in a little hot water with his advice for startups when he urged founders to "fire people who are not workaholics" and tell them to "go work at the post office or Starbucks if you want balance in your life." Calacans explains that he didn't mean what he said the way it sounded. And then, elaborating, he explains that, well, yes, he actually did.