I've tried once to do something similar but it gave me headaches setting up wordpress, finding template, modiyfing it, etc.

That's why I thought about creating a specialized CMS with pre-made templates to make everything much easier for those who are trying to create these hand-curated directories. No distraction, just setting up some categories, adding items with image,link and description and maybe some other features.

Here are some screenshot of some templates I'm thinking to add: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bundlepages/black-home2.jpg https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bundlepages/black-bundle2.jpg https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bundlepages/green-home2.jpg https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bundlepages/green-bundle2.jpg https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/bundlepages/red-home2.jpg

What do you think? Would anyone use this? Could I turn this into a business eventually?