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The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

26: The Eventbrite Story - Building a $1 Billion Startup with Julia Hartz

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2015

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Meet Kevin and Julia Hartz. In 2003, Kevin and Julia were sat next to each other at the Santa Barbara wedding of mutual friends. They hit it off, and the rest, as they say, is history. In 2006, they celebrated their own wedding, and in 2008, they welcomed the first children. You would be forgiven if you think this story sounds familiar, like the stuff Hollywood movies are made of. But rest assured: this story is anything but familiar. Along the way, the duo also founded Eventbrite, a self service ticketing platform for event organizers valued at $1 billion as reported by The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones VentureSource. But let's start at the beginning. When Kevin and Julia first met, Kevin was a serial entrepreneur working on his second startup, the Silicon Valley-based money transfer company XOOM, which he had cofounded in 2001. Julia, meanwhile, was working in television development for FX Networks in Los Angeles. Their chance encounter at the wedding of mutual friends brought them together, but for a few years at least, their respective careers kept them geographically apart, navigating the murky waters of a long-distance relationship.   Eventually, that had to change, so Julia decided to "make the leap and move to the Bay Area."   In this interview you will learn:   -Growth secrets to eventbrites success -The birth of eventbrite -Sticking points and how they leveraged them -How to understand your DNA as a founder -How and why you need to seek great advisors -Building a great culture in your workplace   I Need Your Help! If you haven’t already, I would love if you could be awesome and take a minute to leave a quick rating and review of the podcast on iTunes by clicking on the link below. It’s the most amazing way to help the show grow and reach more people! Leave a review for the Foundr Podcast!

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0:00.0

This is episode number 26 of the Founder Podcast with Julia Hartz.

0:06.9

What you need is thirst.

0:08.6

You need to be a thirsty human who is intent on learning.

0:12.7

It's a really fascinating exploration of human potential.

0:18.4

The Founder Podcast.

0:21.5

Even the greatest entrepreneurs had help.

0:24.4

If you want to learn from the most successful founders on the planet, you are in the right place.

0:30.1

Branson, Mark Cuban, Tony Robbins, Tim Ferriss, Arianna Humphington, Steve Case, Gary V, Sophia Amoroso, Barbara Corcoran, Damon John.

0:37.2

Learn from the greatest minds in business today with interviews hosted by Nathan Chan. This is not your average entrepreneur podcast. The Founder Podcast.

0:52.4

Hey guys, thank you so much for tuning in. Before we start today's episode, I just want to let

0:58.6

you know that our goal at founder is to help entrepreneurs succeed however we can by giving

1:04.2

away high quality content in the form of interviews, blog posts, podcasts, YouTube videos,

1:10.4

you name it. We put out so much content to help you.

1:13.5

And another interesting project that we're working on right now is partnering with world-class

1:18.4

founders like Damon John, Alexa von Tobel, Greta Van Riel, and so many more to teach crucial

1:24.4

skills like negotiation, finance, e-commerce, and so much more.

1:30.6

So if you'd like to get access to these free trainings with founders like this, which is

1:36.1

100% free, just go to founder.com forward slash free.

1:40.8

Okay, so now let's talk about today's episode.

1:44.3

Hey guys, welcome to the founder podcast. My name is Nathan Chan, and I am your host speaking

1:50.9

to you from Melbourne, Australia. So what's been happening in my world? Just a quick recap,

1:57.4

it's the Australian Open at the moment.

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