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MyPunchbowl is on a move to battle Evite

MyPunchbowl is on a move to battle Evite

Evite might be the leader in online party invitations online, but that's not stopping MyPunchbowl from steaming ahead to battle.

MyPunchbowl has just landed some seed funding that will allow them to build out there increasingly popular invitation tools. The first round of funding will see MyPunchbowl sort out its revenue model as well as hire developers and initiate marketing efforts to grow their event planning website.

Download Squad originally covered their launch early this year. Punchbowl Software has watched the event space heat up, and this new cash will allow MyPunchbowl to be develop a strict verification and feedback process to ensure that its design is easy to use for the everyday party planner, making for a much more enjoyable planning process. This in turn could lead to some interface and design changes down the road , as well as some user suggested features.

MyPunchbowl is a free event planning website that helps coordinate, manage and plan parties through an easy to use party planner checklist and slick easy to use interface. Keep your eye on these guys.

Filed under: Business, Internet, Web services

Manage your business plan with PlanHQ

planhq business plan manager

Could PlanHQ be the differentiating factor on whether your business succeeds or fails? Well, no, but it could help you to set some goals and compare forecasts in order to run your business a little more smoothly.

At first glimpse, PlanHQ does not say much about what it does, other than it brings plans to life. Upon further digging users will discover that it's an online tool that helps business grow through planning, take business plans online, developing business plans from scratch, and helps investors report on the success of their investments.

There is a 30 day free trial plan, that lets users configure business plans, set goals for sales and customers, set target markets, outline team members and their skills, and plot out financial performance. Other plans are based on the amount of users and goals, and range from $15/month to $50/month.

[via eHub]

Filed under: Fun, Internet, Productivity, Web services, Social Software

Socializr, social event planning

socializr event planningWhat Friendster and Facebook have done with personal social networking, Socializr hopes to accomplish with event planning. Socializr was created by the founder of Friendster and a player in the social networking phenomenon, so it does have its similarities. A private test has been running since September 2006, with the live launch occurring last Friday.

Socializr is a free online service for people who want to start or share event and party information between friends and contacts. When setting up an account you can import contacts from a ton of sources (Friendster, MySpace, Flickr, Yelp, Evite, Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, Outlook or CSV). Setting up an event is relatively easy, choose a pre designed Socializr invite for a number of events including weddings, clubbing, Christmas party, birthdays, births, sweet 16's, graduations, and dinner parties, or design your own. Enter your events information and invite away! ( dont' forget the event date, time, location, and details).

[via webware]

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