To Die For

Entrepreneur and Charlestown resident Jeff Taylor, 47, the whiz behind Monster.com and Eons.com, a social networking site for boomers, is hoping to bring the stodgy newspaper obituary back to life.

By Geoff Edgers

July 27, 2008

You recently launched your latest venture, Tributes.com, a site that allows individuals to post obituaries online. It’s pretty depressing, don’t you think? I mean, why base a whole business around dead people?

You know what? I think it’s exactly the opposite. I have this fascination with having a storied life. I had a relationship with a grandfather, but I wasn’t old enough to appreciate it and I find I have nothing to look at to be able to enjoy that story. Read the rest of this entry »