Julia Hartz

Co-Founder and former CEO, Eventbrite · 1 appearance on the record.

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Julia Hartz co-founded the global ticketing platform Eventbrite in 2006 and served as its CEO, leading the company through its public listing on the NYSE in 2018. She previously worked as a television production executive and is an active angel investor.

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1 prediction · 4 assertions · 2 opinions · 6 insights · 1 what if · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 2 are not yet assessed, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

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Assertion Supported

Julia Hartz notes over 75% of Gen Z report suffering from loneliness

“We also know that Gen Z is saying over 75% of them are saying they're suffering from loneliness.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 38:31 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

How they sound: not measured why? →

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What they said14 Episodes1

Everything Julia Hartz said on More or Less that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion

Julia Hartz says Reddit's IPO valuation is justified by real-life community demand

“I'm not surprised that Reddit's going out at the valuation they're going out at, because I see it play out in real life in a way that's absolutely skyrocketing.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 36:36 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Prediction Not checkable as stated

Julia Hartz predicts Gen Z will simply switch to Instagram if TikTok is banned

“It's all, they'll just go to Instagram. They'll just spend more time on Instagram. That's not, it's not, like, it's really not gonna change their lives.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 19:00 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz says niche is the new mass in post-pandemic live events

“Niche is the new mass. So people are absolutely wanting to be in more highly curated experiences that map to those groups that they found on Reddit.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 36:21 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Opinion

Julia Hartz says nobody wants to meet their future partner on dating apps

“But no one wants to meet on an app anymore. No one wants to meet their future partner on an app. They want to go be not so much at a bar hanging out meeting, or I met Kevin at a wedding. They want to be doing something they love and finding love at the same ti…”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 39:29 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz says gamified childhoods leave young workers expecting instant job promotions

“But it's that leveling up that then lands them into the next level, the next unlock, then lands them into the job market, and they don't know what, they're like, where's my unlock? Where's my promo?”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 24:39 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz says parents must reparent their own smartphone habits before helping kids

“The second thing is, in order for us to help our kids, we have to reparent ourselves on smartphones.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 32:42 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz says hosting in-person gatherings is the best way to influence

“It's not the best way to make money, but it's the best way to influence is getting people together in real life.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 37:06 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

What-if

Julia Hartz says Meetup lacked a commercial angle to become the Etsy of gathering

“Had they stuck with it, they probably could have become more of the Etsy of gathering, but I think what they lacked was a commercial angle.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 37:43 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Assertion Supported

Julia Hartz notes over 75% of Gen Z report suffering from loneliness

“We also know that Gen Z is saying over 75% of them are saying they're suffering from loneliness.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 38:31 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz admits it is difficult to make substantial profit in event ticketing

“I think it's hard to make a lot of money in ticketing.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 43:59 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Julia Hartz says speed dating organizers are entirely overhauling their event formats

“So we're seeing these creators who have been in the past matchmakers or speed dating organizers. They're actually changing their format completely.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 40:09 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Insight

Julia Hartz says live event discovery is inherently harder than traditional e-commerce

“The discovery of events is hard because it's not askew. It's an ephemeral thing that happens. You don't go to it alone. So I buy shoes on Instagram post-temp, but I'm not going to go to an event alone, you know, that often post-temp. You have to coordinate wit…”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 44:22 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Julia Hartz says Eventbrite generated negative revenue in March 2020 due to refunds

“We, all of our Tableau dashboards broke. We were generating negative revenue, so more refunds than revenue.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 49:10 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Assertion Not publicly verifiable

Julia Hartz notes virtual events reached 90% of Eventbrite listings during the pandemic

“What we saw is virtual events went up to like, 90% of the events on the platform.”

Julia Hartz Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 50:12 #38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
#38: Hartz and Minds and TikTok w/ Special Guest Julia Hartz · More or Less Podcast	Mar 15, 2024	16m

Julia Hartz

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