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" I think there's real value in having a founder CEO. Obviously, I'm biased, but I'm driven by a purpose and a mission and a vision, not just profits. "

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" Creating a strong company culture isn't just good business. It's the right thing to do, and it makes your company better for all stakeholders - employees, management, and customers. "

" Many tech companies experience steep growth curves that require them to build their teams at breakneck speeds. "

" Your first company is like your first baby.You have this unconditional, irrational love. "

" I think I lead with empathy and connection to our people. I find that the most effective leadership style for me is to just talk and listen. It sounds simple, but it's so effective. "

" At Eventbrite, we care about the whole you, not just the employee you. "

" Showing that you consistently have their best interests at heart not only motivates your people to do their best work; it also builds goodwill that you may need to draw on when the going gets tough and you have to lean on one another to find the horizon. "

" One of the biggest mistakes that founders can make is doing something that maybe seems like a great idea, and seems like a good use of time, but actually isn't measurable, significant, incremental growth. "

" Our platform is self-service, so we enable people to host events themselves. The biggest events tend to be the free ones. We had 100,000 at a salsa congress in Mexico. "

" If you want to build a sustainable culture, you have to have a strong philosophy and then let people do with it what they will and be OK with that. "

" Each company is different because they get their DNA from the founders. "

" We focus on Eventbrite and our family. That's how we spend our time, full stop. "

" To be a true leader, I needed to better understand my unique strengths and how to apply them across the company as we grew. "

" I started my career in Hollywood, where I learned the rumors were true - having success there really was dictated by how who you knew, not what you knew. I grew frustrated by the fact that careers could be made and broken by relationships alone. "

" 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. "

" If you're going to be an entrepreneur, most likely you're going to be Type A - stubborn. "

" For a global company, it is imperative to respect and honor local culture and weave that into the core company values rather than the other way around. "

" I think having a visionary CEO is awesome, and visionary leadership is one thing, but you also need checks and balances on whether this company can withstand a very honest and critical look at itself. "

" The beauty of being co-founders with your spouse is that we run our business and family together. "

" What we've found was that people were utilizing Eventbrite to turn their passions into revenue-generating ventures. "

" We always had a sense that we were the underdog. There's lots of competition and niche players. But we have every type of event on Eventbrite, whether you're a consumer or you're organizing a bacon festival. Our identity is our users. "

" That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people. "

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" I was a dancer and performer. "

" 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. "

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" There's always a little bit of friction when you're trying to democratize an industry. "

" I graduated from college and went straight into a job with MTV. "