Things that make you go hmmmm...
Punishing success in the oil business by Steve Chapman (Chicago Tribune)
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And, then there's this: The Million Dollar Homepage. In August, a kid in England who was trying to figure out how to pay for college, hit upon the idea of selling one million pixels for a buck a pixel. Minimum 100-pixel order, if'n you please. And, now, just over 3 months later, he's already sold more than 700,000 pixels. As he notes in the blog he's been writing as his idea became reality:
Some people were wondering if I thought this site is a long-term business that will run like a regular company. Of course this site is NOT a long-term business - it is a one-off 'business event' - a fun idea and an opportunity to be part of 'internet history'. I naively thought this went without saying, but apparently not. There is no long-term business concept here; it's a unique idea that will only work once.
A "one-off" idea. That's gonna net him a million dollars. Wow. As the Brits say: simply brilliant.
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