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There's a lot of clarity in hindsight.
There is no finish line to leadership.
I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand.
I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.
Millennials are the experiences generation.
Legacies are built on the practices of your company.
I think people are intelligent, empathetic, multi-dimensional.
I graduated from college and went straight into a job with MTV.
I live, breathe, and die by what kind of company we're creating.
People are multi-dimensional and crave a multi-sensory experience.
Getting to profitability does not mean all our problems are solved.
Live experiences are more than fundamental - they're transformative.
I've done everything from traditional yoga to Bikram yoga to Pilates.
Each company is different because they get their DNA from the founders.
Ticketing is a people-intensive business to get it right on a global scale.
Eventbrite is 50-50 male-female, and this has been accomplished organically.
That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people.
Humans want to know the hierarchy; it's important for there to be one leader.
We focus on Eventbrite and our family. That's how we spend our time, full stop.
As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired.
There's always a little bit of friction when you're trying to democratize an industry.
Your first company is like your first baby.You have this unconditional, irrational love.
In television, things move quite slowly. It can take years to get a show off the ground.
Being a female head of a successful tech company means that I'm in a pretty niche category.
Swaying to new beats, hearing old favorites, and drinking expensive beer are ageless pastimes.
As with any other crucial aspect of a growing business, you need the right technology and tools.
I think a universal feeling that we all share is that live experiences create indelible memories.
The beauty of being co-founders with your spouse is that we run our business and family together.
It's important for founders to think about how they would build their company from scratch - again.
The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.
If you have a cofounder, one of the benefits is you'll get from point A to point B two times faster.
To force a culture creates something that is inherently not sustainable. It does not evolve forward.
It's incredibly important to be - once you do have a product - acutely observational about the trends.
I love just being home with the kids and, seeing what they do when they're bored and then I just follow.
Acquiring customers at the start is one of the hardest things you'll ever experiences as an entrepreneur.
It's extremely easy to get people to share what events they are going to because events are inherently social.
Many tech companies experience steep growth curves that require them to build their teams at breakneck speeds.
I think entrepreneurship is combining a passion with the tenacity to problem-solve and the fearlessness to fail.
Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.
I'm a very connected and passionate founder. And I do model transparency and openness and loyalty in my actions.
We wanted to harness the power of technology to make it possible for anyone to sell tickets to any type of event.
Four Seasons' legendary brand epitomizes the highest standards for service in the hospitality industry worldwide.
What we've found was that people were utilizing Eventbrite to turn their passions into revenue-generating ventures.
Work does come home with us, but home also comes to work. Our kids are regulars at Eventbrite's HQ in San Francisco.
Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success.
Co-founders shouldn't excel in the same areas - it's inefficient and will inevitably lead to conflicts down the road.
To be a true leader, I needed to better understand my unique strengths and how to apply them across the company as we grew.
Being productive at work is rewarding, and feeling supported, challenged, and appreciated allows us to be our most efficient selves.
One of the most brilliant parts of being a first-time founder is that you experience everything for the first time. It never gets old.
I'm thrilled to share the story of my journey in building Eventbrite and what I've learned along the way as a working mother and entrepreneur.