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Evite Acquires Fete

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Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite said on Tuesday that it has acquired Fete , the developer of a mobile invitations app for iOS. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Fete's iOS app lets users send invitations over text messaging.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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Equally, the streaming business has got to accelerate content acquisition, focus on customer retention, improve streaming technologies to make it better for users / worse for competitors, and they’ve got to continually improve the UI. And many people actually still use Evite. It defied logic. this service will continue.

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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After a year in the market, MakeSpace was growing rapidly and our biggest issue was CAC (customer acquisition costs) relative to payback period (when we get our marketing investment back) and relative to LTV (lifetime value). Want to eradicate Evite? Do you think nobody has tried to better IMDB? I’ve seen 10 tries. TripAdvisor?

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Sizhao “Zao” Yang – COO and Co-founder at BetterWorks.