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Isn't the lolcats guy rich?

• ahoyhere 17y ago
  They're not kittens, they're kitten pimps. Subtle but important distinction. Also, I don't think they're "Google Bought Me Out And Then Killed My Project!" rich. Also, they were as surprised about it as anyone else.
  • starkfist 17y ago
    Still, I don't think cute and fun is such a bad combo for business. Hello Kitty, Harry Potter, Cabbage Patch Kids, the Olson Twins, etc. A bus full of nerds working on "stalkbox.com" in the desert seems like the opposite of cute and fun.
    • ahoyhere 17y ago
      There's a difference between "cute and fun" IDEA, and "cute and fun" end result. "Let's build a startup on a bus!" <-- cute and fun IDEA "Twitter for cars!" <-- cute and fun IDEA "Let's have a shop full of disaffected and underemployed designers creating frighteningly adorable characters with no story or purpose other than to merchandise around the world and especially to produce in mass quantities in China!" <-- cute and fun RESULT (not so much the idea) And don't forget, lolcats were invented on 4chan. The least cute and fun place on the internet.
• metamemetics 17y ago
  $4+ million per year revenues for i can has cheezburger network.
• paraschopra 17y ago
  But he didn't build it in 48 hours and in a bus.. Though I would love to be proved wrong, I can bet these startups wont exist 3 months from now. Even if they exist, their "founders" will have moved on to another exciting project