Ben Huh is the CEO and founder of Cheezburger, which started in 2005 when Huh launched I Can Has Cheezburger featuring LOLcats. It grew to include over 60 sites with over 20,000 user-created pages, making it one of the largest humor destinations online. Huh attributes this success to embracing user-generated content, which allows the internet using masses to produce more content daily than traditional media does in a year. By connecting users and allowing self-expression, internet culture can discover new voices and talents.

1. The Story of the
Cheezburger
Ben Huh, CEO and Founder of Cheezburger
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2. @benhuh

3. From 1905
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4. January 11, 2007
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5. Sept. ’07: Buy ICHC
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6. FAIL Blog added 4/08
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7. 60+ sites
20,000 user-created sites
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8. One of the world’s
largest humor
destinations.
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9. But WHY?
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10. Earth Sun
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11. Media Durty, nasty, dumb people
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12. Google
Facebook
Twitter
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13. What do these
companies have in
common?
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14. Users create more
content in 1 day than
the media does in a year.
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15. The Unwashed Masses
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16. Internet Culture will
produce Rockstars of
Tomorrow.
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17. Crap is now gold
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18. Being weird doesn’t
mean you’re alone.
Thx, Internet.
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19. Damn it.
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20. Stupid, Fad, Dumb,
What’s wrong with
America?
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21. The bigger you get...
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22. Ignorers gonna... wut?
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23. Finding success:
It’s not a gold rush
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24. It’s matchmaking
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25. We are more likely to
advertise a business
for free than
ever before.
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26. But they won’t tell
your story.
They’ll tell theirs.
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29. Diversity of:
Sources
Perspectives
Engagement
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31. Institution of
popular culture
(Media-Driven)
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32. Embodiment of
Internet Culture
(User-Driven)
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33. The Internet
vs.
The Interwebs
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35. I consume,
therefore I Internet
(verb)
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37. I participate,
therefore I am the
Internets
(noun)
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38. “I live in the
Intertubes”
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39. Money is only useful
if you follow your
dreams.
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40. Make the world happy
everyday.
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