#721 - Online Memorial Services Are the New Funerals
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2018
⏱️ 6 minutes
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An Australian communications strategist creates an online memorial service that earns $250,000 a year.
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| 0:00.0 | Who is going to disrupt or at least adapt the obituary business? |
| 0:13.4 | Welcome to Sadistle School. |
| 0:14.4 | My name is Chris Gellabo. |
| 0:15.8 | These days most people don't read newspapers, at least not in the way they used to. |
| 0:20.1 | This change has forced a lot of industries and professions to adapt more than just journalists. |
| 0:24.8 | So for example, webcomics have become a thing. |
| 0:27.7 | Being classified ads and auctions have largely replaced newspaper ads. |
| 0:31.4 | But what about obituaries? |
| 0:33.4 | Honoring a loved one who has passed away in the form of an obituary, or obit, has traditionally |
| 0:37.8 | been a service that newspapers have provided, often exclusively. |
| 0:41.9 | But in today's story, an Australian communication strategist creates an online memorial service. |
| 0:46.5 | A summit say this is an overdue service, should have happened a long time ago. |
| 0:50.1 | But whatever you say about it, understand that it's currently bringing in more than $250,000 |
| 0:54.4 | a year. |
| 0:56.1 | And some of the memorial services are the new funerals. |
| 0:58.2 | Stay tuned for the story. |
| 1:07.5 | Andrew Ranger is the serial side hustler. |
| 1:10.0 | He made an iPhone app that did NDA agreements. |
| 1:12.7 | He was involved with a crowdsource website for coming up with company brand names. |
| 1:16.4 | And somewhere in there, he developed a payments platform for cafes and restaurants. |
| 1:20.7 | He did all these things while working his day job at an advertising agency in their |
| 1:24.0 | marketing department. |
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