June 29th, 2008
An idea lost…
A while back I came up with an idea to create a site for memorials. A lot of people create pages or even myspace profiles when they loose a loved one. It is a great way for friends and family to share their memories and post pictures. I remember sitting around with several friends and explaining the idea to everyone. At the time everyone thought I was crazy to consider monetizing tragedy.
It appears that I am not the only one who thought of this and in fact, someone acted upon it. Take a look at OurMemoryOf.com. This is a great idea and I believe it can bring some joy to people in their darkest hours as well as be profitable. Beyond that they have a great design.
They did take a little different approach than I would have. They are going to charge for their services where as I would have tried to go a different route for funding the service. Either way I think it is a great idea and look forward to seeing how well it works.
Just goes to show that when you get a great idea you need to act on it fast 