Lessons Learned from the World of LOLCats, FAILS and Other Blunders

February 25, 2010
Ben Huh | CEO, Cheezburger Network

How does one build an empire on pictures of cats with silly, misspelled captions? As most fans of the internet know, the Cheezburger Network, which consists of over 30 popular humor sites such as I Can Has Cheesburger, FAIL blog, There I Fixed It, ad Emails from Crazy People has become an internet phenomenon. Its daily collection of LOLcats, FAILS and other blunders are the source of endless humor, and you can be pretty sure that someone in the office is on one of those sites right now. How did this all happen, and why do over 13 million people come to our sites every day?

Speaker Details

Ben Huh has always been a start up guy. His latest company, the Cheezburger Network has been credited with bringing internet memes to the mainstream and popularizing Internet culture. Ben founded the Cheezburger Network in 2007 and grew it into one of the largest blog networks in the world in less than two years—while making a profit during a deep recession. Ben credits the success of his company to the users and fans who create the content and those who started the sites he acquired, such as incanhascheezburger.com and failblog.org. His goal is to make the world happy for 5 minutes a day. Ben graduated with a BSJ from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.