Monster.com Founder Thinks Death Is The New Job

Jeff Taylor, founder of Monster.com, knows a good opportunity when he sees it. When he started Monster.com fourteen years ago, it was all sorts of awesome and gave typical newspaper classifieds a run for their money. Then along came Craig's List (I refuse to write "craigslist" ... except for right then) and knocked Taylor's britches off.

So Taylor took a look out the window and thought, What's the next commodity? Why death of course!

All you baby boomers out there are falling and not getting up, and all us dutiful young 'uns pick up the pieces, type out a few words, and post them on Tributes.com. The site—which I barely checked out due to a crippling fear of extinction—even shows glossy, hip obits from celebrities! Because we all like re-reading the death cries of famous movie stars!

But what if your grandchildren hate your guts because you extinguished cigarettes on their arms and made them fetch you beers in their diapers at 14-years-old? Tributes.com will glean information "through alliances with funeral homes and groups directly as well as trade associations and public information about deaths from Social Security..."

To answer your question, your grandchildren are rotten shits anyway, and a ghostly floating website will write you up for you.

Monster founder sets sights on online obituaries [AP]