• Why yes officer, we are ROFLing.

    Jeffrey Kalmikoff of Threadless and I happened to meet up in Chicago today. After dim sum, Jeffrey gets pulled over for talking on his phone while driving. But it's not your average traffic stop. Watch idiocy ensue...
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  • New York Times Frontpage

    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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  • How to get tossed from a job application

    Last night, I posted an ad for the Managing Editor of Cute position at the Cheezburger Network in the SF Craigslist: The Cheezburger Network (bringers of I Can Has Cheezburger?, FAIL Blog, There I Fixed it and like 30 more) are looking for a superstar editor to manage their new cute-oriented blogs: Are you a content professional? Have you managed editorial teams and freelance writers? Have you grown...
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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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  • Talking Heads

    The Glamor of Trans-National TV Interviews

    I appeared as a guest on The Morning Show for Australia's Seven network. What looks like this on TV: Actually looks like this from the point of view of the talking heads: It's amazing what you can do on TV. Also, Aussies are just so adorable!
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Archive for June, 2009

If you don’t believe me now, you will after this.

Jun 26th

Posted by Ben Huh in Business

2 comments

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.

I’d like to change the world. Who’s with me?

Jun 24th

Posted by Ben Huh in Business

4 comments

Since we bought I Can Has Cheezburger? back in September of 2007, we’ve hired roughly one person per month. And each time we go through the process of recruiting, screening, and hiring, it’s a difficult and laborious process. But I know that hiring is probably the most important part of my job.

The job of screening for the right talent has been recently made harder by 2 factors:

  1. The number of applicants have skyrocketed due to a) the economy and b) our own growth.
  2. The more we become specialized, the harder it gets to find someone with experience.

But frankly, it should be hard.

If you’re looking for top-notch talent — that elusive one-in-a-million candidate — you’ve just got to keep screening, keep recruiting and not lower your standards. Even when you’re growing and hiring, there’s nothing sexy about being an entrepreneur.