Starting & Scaling Eventbrite With Kevin Hartz | EM Group Chat

Recording of the Everything Marketplaces Group Chat #172 (10/8) with Kevin Hartz. Kevin is the Co-founder & former of Eventbrite, which is one of the largest ticketing & events marketplaces. Kevin is also a prolific investor, as an angel investor in PayPal, Uber, Airbnb, Opendoor, and more. Kevin is now investing through A*, which is a venture fund he more recently started.
0:06 Intro
1:21 Kevin's background
4:12 The founding story & first steps for starting Eventbrite
5:46 How Eventbrite initially focused on creators & event hosts
7:53 The early strategy for markets & expansion
10:18 How Eventbrite evolved & scaled
12:03 The fundraising journey for Eventbrite
16:26 Challenges in ticketing & events
18:41 What led Kevin to angel investing in marketplaces like Airbnb
21:25 An overview of A* as a venture fund
23:12 Founder traits that Kevin looks for when investing
24:53 Group Q&A on the SaaS-first approach to starting a marketplace
26:49 Group Q&A on founder perseverance
30:38 Group Q&A on balancing friction & fraud
34:22 Parting marketplace advice
Kevin on Twitter/X: www.x.com/kevi...
Eventbrite: www.eventbrite...
A*: www.a-star.co
Mike (Yoroomie) on Twitter/X: www.x.com/yoro...
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[@MikeWilliamsYoroomie]

Such an awesome chat with one of the marketplace OGs!

[@sammoussa8850]

eventbrite is great