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. For example, I could send you $25 towards a Wii Nunchuck, with a cute picture labeled from me, and an actual $25.

Evite 157

Evite Startup Ideas Ticketmaster 157

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2010

The most recent example of cringe-worthy buzz words is “game mechanics.&# It seems that you can’t build a business these days without it. 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.

Startup 296

Startup Evite Web Ideas 296

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.

Startup 113

Startup Evite Organization Case Study 113

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 25, 2016

I like to use the example of a company I backed called MakeSpace because it’s such an easy an obvious market to understand. For example, if you’re going to build a travel planning website (as many, many startup entrepreneurs do) your basic research would be: How much do people spend on travel books / guides today?

Startup 150

Startup Marketing Study SEO 150