socalTECH

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based event invitation provider Evite has rolled out a shiny new mobile app and mobile web experience, as part of a push to have users use the service for last minute holiday celebrations. In addition, the company says it has also rolled out an instant gifting app for its users. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitation card site headed by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, has rolled out new, printed invitation cards, according to the firm's website. Tags: cocodot invitation printing content evite invite party printed myspace. for a 25-card minimum. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations site run by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, said this week that it has partnered with DKNY , for a collection of fashion cards and invites. Tags: cocodot dkny online invitations myspace fashion invitation card evite. READ MORE>>.

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Evite Anthem Hollywood Design 150

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 8, 2010

I think the product will comport to my view of most of these user-generated content sites where 1% of people are uber-users, 9% are occasional users and 90% are lurkers. Who knows, maybe one of these guys will finally kill off evite. But the lurkers get tremendous value out of knowing what others are up to. Both are useful.

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Evite Tool Social Network Product 240

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Among other news this week, Los Angeles-based Cocodot , the online invitations site started by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, opened up a free tier to its invitations service, allowing users to now send out up to 1,000 online cards and invitations to others. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2011

Cocodot offers up an online greetings card site, offering up wedding, baby, and other electronic and printed invitations. Representatives from both Anthem and Rincon continue to serve on the firm's board of directors. Robert Schwartz, of Third Point Ventures in New York, is also now listed as a board member of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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Anthem Los Angeles Sites Funding 147

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

Recreating and out executing a tired, old site in a new way is innovation in the way that Quora has totally redone how Q&A works. And, yes, somebody has got to kill off evite. In my view almost all ideas are derivative. And Siebel on your desktop is not the same as Salesforce.com on the web.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

This morning, Los Angeles-based Lottay (www.lottay.com) launched its online gifting site, announced its funding by DFJ Frontier, and also the appointment of former Evite GM Harry Lin as CEO. It was because of my Evite experience. I had been GM of Evite for just under two years. Harry, thanks for the interview.

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Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2009

How do people use the site? The organizer might have a friend's birthday, and have five or six people who might want to go in on a gift like a Wii or and iPod, and you can custom pick a card--just like an Evite--custom card invitations which you can make look realy cool and where you can pick a theme--and you put in the information.

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Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

We first rolled out furniture in a newer market – Washington DC, and we increased ARPU (average revenue per month, per customer) by > 300%, we lowered our CAC (this is because the number of people who came to our site and converted went up) and thus we decreased our payback period. Want to eradicate Evite? TripAdvisor?

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78