In 2006, when he became Evite's SVP and General Manager, he helped the company grow annual sales from $13 million to $21 million. The gift he gave me (and you) is to come to Mixergy and peel back that success to show us Evite's vulnerabilities so we ambitious upstarts can learn what's inside the minds of big companies like Evite, and how we can take them on... ...Tags: Harry Lin is giving me a gift with this interview. Tags: Intervie

Los Angeles-based online invitiations site Evite has inked a deal with magazine Real Simple, saying Monday that the two companies have launched a partnership around its online invitations service. According to Evite, the two will create a collection of online invitations featuring photography from Real Simple, which will be showcased on both firms' web sites. Evite Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Real Simple is a magazine owned by Time, Inc.,

We see her shill for various companies and make adorable videos. What started as an evite-like competitor has shifted gears to a resource for other entrepreneurs.  Andrew funemployed    n. The state of being without a job, yet having the resources to enjoy fun activities during otherwise normal working hours.

I’m not an investor and though I wouldn’t rule it out in the future I’m not currently looking at the company. But for the stage of the company I think they’ve done an awesome job.  Plancast Who knows, maybe one of these guys will finally kill off evite.  What I’ve been enjoying using Plancast over the past month or so.  I’m Just wanted to get that out of the way up front so I won’t look like a vested-interest fanboy.  In

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. We spoke with Harry yesterday about the company. Harry, At the same time, they were looking for an executive who had a lot of company-relevant experience, and experience in the startup Harry, thanks for the interview. What's the idea behind Lottay? Harry

la.garysguide.org/events Business events in LA (and across the World) Online Professional "Social" Networking & Branding, and Events: Most of these sites allow the posting of a profile (resume-like), contact info, company info, and allows you to establish "connections". www.zoominfo.com This is a registry of Companies and Contacts. This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations,

la.garysguide.org/events Business events in LA (and across the World) Online Professional "Social" Networking & Branding, and Events: Most of these sites allow the posting of a profile (resume-like), contact info, company info, and allows you to establish "connections". www.zoominfo.com This is a registry of Companies and Contacts. This is a sister list to SoCal Networking Event Organizations and focuses on any other Job Search or Business Networking opportunities. Please let me know if know of others to add, or if you have any feedback. Professional Associations,

Eden Jarrin: The company was founded by Steven Ng, and was started about a year and a half ago. was speaking on a conference and panel about branding and experience with my last company, we got along, and chatted. 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 For this morning's interview, we caught up with Eden Jarrin, the President of Los Angeles-based eDivvy (www.edivvy.com).