Really Short Summary: You Can Get Paid for This?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Kevin Chiu.
Categories: Liveblog.

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  • Panelists: One Red Paperclip. Million Dollar Homepage. Marmaduke Explained. Chuck Norris Facts. JibJab. Rocketboom.
  • Making money seems to be a fluke.
  • If you try to be a fluke enough times, you will become a fluke. Doing stupid things helps.
  • The Web is a critical component. If One Red Paperclip were done offline, we’d be up to a Dixie cup by now.
  • People like stupid ideas.
  • Chuck Norris sued Chuck Norris Facts!
  • Million Dollar homepage guy is not starting Billion Dollar homepage.
  • Paypal is easy. People will burn $3 bucks for funny nothings.
  • Q: You’re all young white guys. Panel - A: I’m 49. A: I’m Samoan A: I’m a woman. A: Other people have better things to do.
  • A: By an Asian Girl (self proclaimed double minority on the Internet): “[Insert statistics here] There are no girls on the internet.”
  • A: Women aren’t stupid enough.
  • A: Girls have better, more normal things to do.
  • Key to success: Red Paperclip guy: Have a goal and shoot for it. Like playing Rock Band if you miss a chord. Keep Going!
  • Key to success:: Million dollar homepage: “I love money.”
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3 comments.

Comment on April 25th, 2008.

“Black people DO use the internet.” My fave roflquote so far!

Comment on April 25th, 2008.

Lol, I didn’t catch that one. Completeness is not guaranteed in my summaries. =P

Pingback on April 28th, 2008.

[…] the keynote, a group of Internet Famous folks took the stage to talk about how to make money from being Internet Famous. Among the panelists were Joe Mathlete (of The Mathletes and Marmaduke Explained) and Andy […]

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