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Evite Names New CTO, VP Marketing

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Los Angeles-based online invitations service Evite said this morning that it has appointed two new executives, adding Thanh Khuu as Chief Technology Officer and Karen Graham as Vice President of Marketing and Brand. Both report directly to Evite CEO Victor Cho.

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Why Reed Hastings Should be Applauded for Netflix Split

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He defines this as new products that are dramatically cheaper, lower quality, lower margin but larger markets. The reason that incumbents can’t react is that their revenue and defensibility are continued by serving the high-end of the market for which it would take too much time & money for any competitors to effectively challenge.

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Interview with Harry Lin, Lottay

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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. You mention the parallels to Evite, what are those?

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How to Decrease the Odds That Your Startup Fails

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Lately I’ve been having to say things I thought I’d never have to remind people, like, “getting to positive gross margin in several territories is a very low bar to claim success” or “profitable excluding marketing costs” is not actually a real thing. Market Size. MakeSpace provides physical storage.

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Congrats To The Presenting StartupDemo Companies!

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InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Current event planning tools (Facebook Events, Evite, Socializr) aren't useful for casual events, and don't let friends plan collaboratively. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m.

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TechZulu Live from StartupDemo

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InVenture has created a market for "micro venture capital," whereby everyday investors can provide expansion capital to developing businesses. Current event planning tools (Facebook Events, Evite, Socializr) aren't useful for casual events, and don't let friends plan collaboratively. Price: FREE. to 11:00 p.m. RSVP: [link].

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

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Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist.