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Read the article:
http://www.oprah.com
"At MyPunchbowl.com, party-planning gets a democratic spin: Guests can vote on potential days and times for the shindig. You can also use the After Party feature to thank your friends and upload photos of the night's revels."

Read the article:
http://www.komando.com
"MyPunchbowl is a handy site for planning get-togethers. Poll family members to decide on the best time to get together. Then, send invitations and manage RSVPs. Tools help you manage potlucks and create gift registries. After the get-together, share photos on the site."
"This party-savvy website allows potential attendees to vote on the best date, create online invitations, and helps you find a theme, a venue, a caterer, and more."

Read the article:
http://www.newsweek.com
"Planning a shindig? From firming up a date to sending out invites, MyPunchbowl will help you get the party started."

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"MyPunchbowl provides such a wide variety of party themes that it "will not only help you plan a shindig, it'll give you an excuse to have one."

Read the article:
http://www.businessweek.com
"This year, MyPunchbowl.com launched an invitation site with party-planning tools. One is a date optimizer that chooses the best day for an event based on votes by those invited, even giving preference to the dates preferred by those invitees whom the host identifies as VIPs behind the scenes. "There is demand for sophisticated party planning online," says founder Matt Douglas."
"Customization is key at MyPunchbowl.com. Its array of backgrounds, fonts, and images lets you create a truly one-of-a-kind card."

Read the article:
http://money.cnn.com
"Starting a business is not unlike building a house," Douglas says. "The framework goes up pretty quickly, but it takes a long time to get the details right."

Read the article:
http://online.wsj.com
"The date recommendation feature was more sophisticated than other sites. We like how the host could secretly designate some recipients as VIPs."
"...They are the developers of one of the hottest websites in America and around the world. These are the folks that are at the vanguard of web development."

Read the article:
http://www.boston.com
"One cool feature of MyPunchbowl.com, allows a party planner to work with invitees to find the date that best suits everybody."

Miss Gizmo says...
http://www.lhj.com
"What's Miss Gizmo's favorite feature? Every party's own message board for before and after event chats. Try it out, it's free."

100 Things that are Getting Better
http://www.oprah.com
"No more confetti-throwing cats and singing cakes. Now you can...layer video and pictures with your favorite design and fonts (mypunchbowl.com)."

Read the article:
http://www.techcrunch.com
"MyPunchbowl launched a ‘2.0′ version of its site that features a revamped interface and a very impressive custom electronic invitation creator."

Read the article:
http://www.bostonherald.com
"Looking at the current success of the party planning site, MyPunchbowl, it seems that Matt Douglas is living the entrepreneurial dream."

25 sites to watch:
http://www.pcworld.com
"The Web's next breakout hit may be one these innovative, useful, and fun new sites. MyPunchbowl.com is one of 25 web sites to watch."
"The site also enables you to send pick-a-date e-mail messages to see which day works best for people, set up message boards and produce a map of the shindig's location using Google Maps."

See all 100 sites:
http://www.womenshealthmag.com
"Women's Health magazine named MyPunchbowl one of the 100 most useful sites on the web."

Read the review:
http://solution.allthingsd.com
"MyPunchbowl offers a good mix of just enough and not too many features. It is approachable for the tech-savvy and nontechies alike."

Read the blog:
http://blog.seattlepi.com
"Would you take a drink from MyPunchbowl.com? The site's invitation templates, like its modern, user-friendly interface, trample Evite's."

Read the review:
http://www.pcmag.com
"There's a new party-planning site on the Web, one that's well worth checking out.
If you're planning a big get-together, MyPunchbowl.com might be the thing that keeps you sane."

TechCrunched again!
http://www.techcrunch.com
"Today, MyPunchbowl has made setting a date that much easier through the help of an algorithm that recommends the best date for your party."

Watch the video:
http://www.wnbc.com/technology
“They have a very nice, easy to use system. This is not just the invitation. It’s the pre-party and post-party. MyPunchbowl — it’s a catchy name. I can remember that.”

Read the article:
http://masshightech.bizjournals.com
"Co-founder Matt Douglas says the Super Bowl is a case of good market timing for MyPunchbowl, which enables users to import e-mail addresses to send save-a-date messages, party invitations and post-party photos."

Read the article:
http://www.wired.com
"MyPunchbowl will import your address book from most popular online e-mail services. As a nice touch, MyPunchbowl makes it possible to send personalized messages to each recipient at the top of your general e-mail."

Read the article:
http://ajaxian.com/archives
"Not only does MyPunchBowl had the rich editing of a party, but it does all of the mashup goodness that you would expect… It is also nice and social as a site like this should be, with good comment support."

Read the article:
http://www.techcrunch.com
"The ability to not only plan a party, but learn from the experiences of other party planners will be an attractive feature in party planning and provide a strong reason to choose MyPunchbowl over the others."

Read the article:
http://mashable.com
"These new features are significant to any web-based event planning site, and will further MyPunchBowl’s growth in the right direction. They have a good level of customization available on their site, and are doing well to incorporate so many of their users’ requests."

Read the article:
http://www.webware.com
"MyPunchbowl is clever. And getting cleverer."

Read the article:
http://www.webware.com
"In comparison to a competitor like Evite, its simple interface is much easier to deal with and, I'd bet, a lot less daunting for non-Internet-savvy people to get the hang of."

Read the article:
http://www.redherring.com
"Some industry observers say MyPunchbowl fills a hole that is not fully covered by Evite. 'The fact that there's only one competitor means there's an opportunity here,' said analyst Greg Sterling."

Read the article:
http://blogs.ft.com
"MyPunchbowl is potentially the most comprehensive of the party sites."

Read the article:
http://www.mybusinessmag.com
"Through strategic networking and personalized service, the Punchbowl Software owners brought their startup out of the shadows."

Watch the video:
http://screeniac.com
"MyPunchbowl is a great tool that can help you plan your next party. You can send out invites, find party supply stores, communicate with your guests on a message board, and even talk about how much fun you had at an after party."

Read the article:
http://www.somewhatfrank.com
"MyPunchbowl is easy to use and will definitely give Evite some competition as it offers an extremely simple interface with customized layouts."

Read the article:
http://tech.cybernetnews.com
"I really like the customization options, and the fact that it guides you from before the party all the way through until after the party."

Read the article:
http://venturebeat.com
"We tinkered with it… and it is user friendly"

Read the article:
http://radar.oreilly.com
"I think that the time has come for someone to give [eVite] a kick-in the pants and I think that MyPunchBowl is definitely going to get them paying attention again."

Read the article:
http://scobleizer.com
"Please, if you're going to invite me to your next party, use MyPunchbowl. My calendar will love you for it."

Read the article:
http://proudgeek.wordpress.com
"...And then I discovered MyPunchbowl. It has a clean interface, signing up is easy (and actually not necessary for guests), and its pages look crisp and tidy."

Read the article:
http://onstartups.com
"If you travel in the same circles I do, you'll likely have heard of MyPunchbowl already."

Read the blog:
http://blog.cglow.com
"It’s so simple to use i think i found my app."





