Hartz: Eventbrite focused on human experiences rather than ticketing industry mechanics
Julia Hartz · Eventbrite: Julia Hartz · Feb 17, 2020 · at 17:52
Eventbrite co-founder and CEO Julia Hartz reflects on the founding philosophy that led her and Kevin Hartz to create Eventbrite.
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“One of the things was about this very simple transactional platform to sell tickets to any kind of event, and it was really the conversation about why we would go and approach ticketing Was much, much less about the industry and more about the notion that experiences are so vital to human beings thriving, and that became, that was the first idea that we had to work on together, and, you know, just so happened to stick.”
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