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Assertion Supported
Tobaccowala: Evite Raised $37M Total for Online Invitations in 1999
“We raised thirty-seven million dollars for online invitations.”
Selina Tobaccowala Nov 11, 2019 ▶ 30:32 Evite: Selina Tobaccowala
Assertion Supported
Tobaccowala: Peloton CEO John Foley ran Evite after Ticketmaster acquisition
“The guy who was in charge of it actually for most of that time was a gentleman named John Foley, who's now the CEO of Peloton.”
Selina Tobaccowala Nov 11, 2019 ▶ 46:52 Evite: Selina Tobaccowala
Assertion Partly supported
Foley: IAC acquired Evite for $3M and cut staff from 120 to six
“And I think we bought it for three million dollars, because it was 2001, and everything had crashed. And so, it had, at one point, a 120 people. I got it down to six people.”
John Foley Apr 29, 2019 ▶ 9:49 Live Episode! Peloton: John Foley
Assertion Supported
Tobaccowala: Evite cut headcount from 73 to 28 after dot-com crash
“We went down from 73 to 28.”
Selina Tobaccowala Nov 11, 2019 ▶ 40:43 Evite: Selina Tobaccowala
Assertion Partly supported
Tobaccowala: Evite Raised First $5.7M Financing From August Capital
“And we raised our first financing around 5.7 million dollars from August capital.”
Selina Tobaccowala Nov 11, 2019 ▶ 29:56 Evite: Selina Tobaccowala
Assertion Supported
Tobaccowala: Evite was nowhere near profitable with 75 employees around 2000
“Even though we had some of these big brands, we were starting to see some revenue, but no way were we close to profitability. And you suddenly have 70, 75 people on your operating expense.”
Selina Tobaccowala Nov 11, 2019 ▶ 34:10 Evite: Selina Tobaccowala
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