I'm not sure I agree that #9 (BabyCalc / automated baby progress emails) would have been a flop in and of itself; it just sounds like he had a personal reason to fold the business.
BabyCenter.com right now is hugely popular among soon-to-be parents. What's one of the key things that gets parents to sign up in the first place -- almost immediately after they find out they're going to have a baby? Weekly emails detailing the pregnancy's latest progress.
It depends which webmasters you talk to. If you run around on digitalPoint, people think he's an internet god. If you go to wickedfire, you see a completely different opinion.
Agreed. What was sad/amusing is that I had a similar idea to his #1. Like his #1, it was very original, very funny, and so outrageous that it just might work...It didn't though...As soon as I have a big success I promise to make my own top 10 list of worst ideas...Actually, I'll probably make it a top 20 as narrowing it down to 10 would be hard.
BabyCenter.com right now is hugely popular among soon-to-be parents. What's one of the key things that gets parents to sign up in the first place -- almost immediately after they find out they're going to have a baby? Weekly emails detailing the pregnancy's latest progress.