Eric Nakagawa Explained

Eric Nakagawa is the co-founder of the humor site I Can Has Cheezburger?.[1]

Education and career

Prior to co-founding I Can Has Cheezburger? Nakagawa worked as a software developer in Honolulu, Hawaii.[2] "In early 2007, after a bad day at work, Eric Nakagawa asked his friend (and future co-founder) Kari Unebasami to send him a photo of something cute to make him feel better. She sent over a few cat images, superimposed with phonetically spelled phrases, or LOLspeak, and the two knew they’d found their calling."[3] Nakagawa and Unebasami sold I Can Has Cheezburger? to Ben Huh in July 2007.[4] ICHC was instrumental in bringing animal-based image macros and lolspeak into mainstream usage.[5]

Nakagawa is a New York Times bestselling author with his book "I Can Has Cheezburger?" appearing on the New York Times Best Sellers list in January 2009.[6]

Nakagawa is a public speaker on the subject of web development. He spoke at SXSW in March 2008 [7] about the LolCats success, and was featured in the Google Authors Series.[8]

In 2012 he co-founded the travel website SimpleHoney.[9] It was acquired by Ripple in April 2013.[10]

As of June 2019, Nakagawa was head of open-source for Facebook's cryptocurrency project Libra.[11]

Personal life

Nakagawa currently resides in San Francisco.[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tozzi . John . Bloggers Bring in the Big Bucks . https://web.archive.org/web/20070717023131/http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jul2007/sb20070713_202390.htm . dead . July 17, 2007 . BusinessWeek . 2007-07-13 . 2012-05-25.
  2. Web site: Icanhascheezburger . Mahalo.com . 2012-05-25.
  3. Web site: Wortham . Jenna . Behind the Memes: Kickin' It With the I Can Has Cheezburger? Kids | Underwire . Wired.com . 2008-04-25 . 2012-05-25.
  4. Web site: Simple Honey Travel Startup Team in Town. www.hawaiiweblog.com. August 31, 2011.
  5. Web site: The cuteness surge . thephoenix.com . February 1, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120420002600/http://thephoenix.com/Boston/life/55486-cuteness-surge . 2012-04-20 .
  6. News: Best Sellers - The New York Times . . 2012-05-25.
  7. Web site: Wallace . Lewis . SXSW: 2008, the Year the Audience Keynoted | Underwire . Wired.com . 2008-03-11 . 2012-05-25.
  8. Web site: I Can Has Cheezburger? . Ghostarchive . October 3, 2008 . Google . August 2, 2023.
  9. Web site: Cheezburger Creator Launches SimpleHoney To Find Hotels You'll Love . TechCrunch . 2012-05-09 . 2012-05-25.
  10. Web site: Rip . Empson . 11 April 2013 . Now Backed By Andreessen & More, OpenCoin Looks To Build A Better Bitcoin — And A Universal Payment Ecosystem . 26 September 2021 . TechCrunch.
  11. News: Rodriguez . Salvador . Here are the executives leading Facebook's cryptocurrency project, which is reportedly coming this month . December 29, 2019 . CNBC . June 6, 2019 . en.
  12. Web site: LinkedIn Profile. LinkedIn.

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