CollegeHumor Abramson and
Ricky Van Veen co-founded CollegeHumor in 1999 when they were both freshmen in college, Abramson at the
University of Richmond and Van Veen at
Wake Forest. By the time the group graduated from college the site had earned more than $100,000 and the partners still owned 100 percent of their business, which at that time was attracting 2 million viewers a month.
BustedTees Abramson and company created BustedTees in 2004 as a forum to sell T-shirts marketed on CollegeHumor.
TeePublic Abramson launched TeePublic in March 2013 with the aim of creating a self-sustaining community of T-shirt designers and T-shirt lovers.
Venture capital financing Abramson has invested in several early-stage tech companies, including
BarkBox, a subscription e-commerce and content company for dog-lovers, AmberJack, a booking platform for fishing trips, ManagedByQ, an office management platform, and Shinesty, a retro clothing company, among others. In 2013 Abramson joined venture capital firm
FirstMark Capital, the New York-based firm behind major companies like
Pinterest and Shopify, in a venture partner role. ==Personal life==