Stupid Ideas That Made Ended Up Making a Ridiculous Amount of Money

7. ICANHASCHEEZBURGER.com

The internet loves a good cat pic and of course, memes. Perhaps its the combination of the two of these that caused Erica Nakagawi and Kari Unebesami to hit the jackpot – literally. They started up a website that displayed funny cat pictures, submitted by others, every single one of them was captioned “I can has cheezburger”. Seems like a funny idea, sure, but the astonishing thing is that it drew over $10 million views a month, which led to the website then being sold for $2 million dollars to investors!

8. Slap Bracelets

You’ve got to put your comforts aside if you want to look fashionable – just ask any girl who’s suffered through a night in high heels and leather dresses just to look like a bombshell. Slap bracelets were the tweenie version of hurting yourself to look cool. OK, so they didn’t hurt that much, but they are literally a piece of jewelry that encourages you to hit yourself. The slap bracelet became popular all around the world, selling tens of millions of units and making large amounts of profits.