My Life Goals Explained

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If you don't believe me now, you will after this.
We're living in a time of profound change and upheaval. What we build and spread here and now will impact the world for generations to come. <goosebumps> </goosebumps> Via Dweebist.

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That cat's just all up in my bidness
Thanks for all your emails, tweets and screen shots about me on the New York Times front page. (It was for this article on blogs to books.) The kitteh on mah shoulder is the Happy Cat plushy from Lolmart.com.

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I change jobs every 3 months
As soon as I took on the job of CEO for the world's weirdest cat site in 2007, the focus hasn't been about growth — in fact, I'd go as far as saying focusing on growth can have the opposite effect of what's desired. The focus of my job has been on reinvention. Let's take a look at my "career" at the Cheezburger Network: Sep. 2007: That idiot who quit his job to run a cat picture site. (Staff count:...

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The Bullshit Siren Call of Compromise
Some time ago, the world decided that "compromising" was a good thing. Eventually, the thought seeped into corporate culture and even trickled down to the startup world. That's too bad, since compromising is the stoner drug of choice for gutless entrepreneurs. Just so that we're clear, I'm not arguing for the complete opposite. Bull-headed, over-confident blowhards can cause quick, painful death to a dream....

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Archive for March, 2009

Kari explodes into joy when she gets a Happy Cat at SXSW

Mar 18th

Posted by Ben Huh in ICHC

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I gave Kari (co-founder of ICHC) a little gift…

SXSW 2009 picks up where SXSW 2008 left off

Mar 14th

Posted by Ben Huh in Business

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There’s something magical about being at SXSW. For instance, my dinner companions tonight were: Jeffrey Kalmikoff (of Threadless), Kevin Rose (founder of Digg), Aaron Peckham (founder of Urban Dictionary), Micah Baldwin (#1 douchebag and a great guy), Gary and AJ Vaynernerchuk, the CTO of I Can Has Cheezburger?, Scott Porad and on and on. Of course, Gary picked two great bottles of wine to go with our meal at Fogo de Chao.

Ridiculousness and dinner tab roulette ensued and I’ll post videos when I get back. If you’re at SXSW, you know where to @ me.