Kevin Hartz and Julia Hartz (Eventbrite) - Optimal Traits and Sustainable Advantages

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Journey, Startups, Education, Stanford, Culture, Strategy, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Business, Life Lessons, Thought Leadership, Creativity, Etl, Challenges, Leadership, Innovation, Founders

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🗓️ 1 October 2014

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Kevin and Julia Hartz discuss what it really takes to be a thriving startup organism in challenging ecosystems. As well as sharing insights from the early founding days of Eventbrite, the husband and wife co-founders explain the importance of continual focus on cultivating talent, maintaining sustainable advantages, and driving relentless evolution inside a company.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series, brought you weekly by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:10.0	You can find podcasts and videos of these lectures online at eChorner.standford.edu.
0:16.0	So today, it is my extreme pleasure to kick off the new season with Kevin and Julia
0:23.6	Hart's co-founders of Eventbrite. How many people have used Eventbrite? Ah, ooh! Good market adoption.
0:31.6	It is always a treat for us to have a Stanford alum. It's also always a treat for us to have a married couple that's built a successful venture.
0:41.1	And so today we can go off in a bunch of different paths.
0:45.6	Let me introduce Julia and Kevin, and then I'll turn it over to them for the full seminar, for the full session.
0:53.0	So Julia Hartz founded Eventbrite in 2006 with Kevin Hartz and Renault visage, with Renault
1:00.5	visage.
1:01.5	And the company has since generated over $3 billion in gross ticket sales.
1:07.0	It's grown to nearly 400 employees in six offices around the world.
1:11.1	Julia is the champion, the spearhead of the company culture, and they're hiring.
1:15.8	So any smart Stanford engineers, you should check them out.
1:19.6	Julia's also been listed on Inc.'s 35 under 35 in 2014 and Fortune's most powerful women entrepreneurs in 2013.
1:27.6	Before Event Bright, Julia was a TV development executive at MTV and FX Networks.
1:33.3	Kevin is the co-founder and CEO of Eventbrite and is a serial entrepreneur.
1:38.2	Before Eventbrite, Kevin was also the CEO of Zoom Corporation, and then before that was also
1:43.0	the co-founder of Connect Group,
1:44.6	which was a startup that got acquired by Lodgnet. Kevin's a fellow Cardinal. He's a BAS from Stanford
1:50.5	University and also a master's from Oxford. So without further ado, please welcome Kevin and
1:55.4	Julia Hearts. Thank you, guys. Thank you guys.
2:01.7	Wow.
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