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Ricky Van Veen

Ricky Van Veen

CEO of Notional, Co-founder of CollegeHumor, CEO of CollegeHumor and Vimeo Co-Founder

Keynotes by Ricky Van Veen provide insightful information about the relationship of people and the type of content they consume online. Van Veen's interest in comedy led him to co-found the comedy website CollegeHumor. He is CEO of CollegeHumor and Notional and also serves as Advisor at Betaworks. He's co-authored 'CollegeHumor's Guide To College' and 'Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person, Without Actually Improving Yourself' and was an Executive Producer, Actor and Writer for MTV's 'The CollegeHumor Show.' Along with CollegeHumor, Van Veen has also launched BustedTees.com and Vimeo.com under Connected Ventures. Van Veen has sp...

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Keynotes by Ricky Van Veen provide insightful information about the relationship of people and the type of content they consume online. Van Veen’s interest in comedy led him to co-found the comedy website CollegeHumor.

He is CEO of CollegeHumor and Notional and also serves as Advisor at Betaworks. He’s co-authored ‘CollegeHumor’s Guide To College’ and ‘Faking It: How to Seem Like a Better Person, Without Actually Improving Yourself’ and was an Executive Producer, Actor and Writer for MTV’s ‘The CollegeHumor Show.’

Along with CollegeHumor, Van Veen has also launched BustedTees.com and Vimeo.com under Connected Ventures. Van Veen has spoken at events such as HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival, SXSW, CNN/Mashable Media Summit and Internet Week and provides lectures at Princeton and the Wharton School of Business.

He received his education at Wake Forest University.

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A Conversation With Ricky Van Veen
Talks future of TV, Facebook, Digital Comedy. Find out how Ricky Van Veen started CollegeHumor from his Wake Forest dorm room and grew it into one of the most successful brands in comedy!

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The CollegeHumor Guide To College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors, Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas The CollegeHumor Guide To College: Selling Kidneys for Beer Money, Sleeping with Your Professors, Majoring in Communications, and Other Really Good Ideas
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