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" I wasn't the kid with the lemonade stand. "

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" It's extremely easy to get people to share what events they are going to because events are inherently social. "

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

" One of the reasons why we were so successful in integrating with Facebook was because we saw people using Facebook to promote their event and link back to Eventbrite before Facebook Connect and before the event's API was even available. "

" We thought we could reinvent the way people came together for live events. We wanted to ticket everything from a five-person yoga class to a 10-person cookery class to a fashion event. "

" For the first two years of Eventbrite, all the work was done by just the three founders: me, my husband, Kevin, and our chief technology officer, Renaud Visage. "

" Ticketing is a people-intensive business to get it right on a global scale. "

" Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first. "

" 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. "

" My goal is to create one of the greatest companies that's ever existed, and that has everything to do with the people, the culture, and what our core values are versus what we build or how we're perceived out in the market. "

" Our team finds motivation in knowing that we're transforming the ticketing industry, this notion that we're bringing democratization to an industry and disrupting it using technology. "

" I didn't play any extreme sports growing up. I never surfed, and I grew up in Santa Cruz. I was very good at doing what I was told, taking direction, and staying middle of the road. I mean, they called me 'grandma' in college. "

" 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. "

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

" Acquiring customers at the start is one of the hardest things you'll ever experiences as an entrepreneur. "

" Working in MTV's development team, my days would consist of pitches and deciding which concepts we wanted to buy. We would then develop those into a pilot. Very few ended up making it to a full series, but if they did, I would manage the project alongside the show's creators. "

" As founder of Eventbrite, I've interviewed almost every single person we've hired. "

" 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've been told many times that I should give up trying to find balance in my life, but I refuse. "

" Since the earliest days of Eventbrite, we've made our people core to our mission. Our culture is an ever-evolving manifestation of those on our team. As people join, we believe in earning their trust by demonstrating we'll embrace them and help them grow. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I truly believe there is this confidence gap, at least for me. You have to 'manipulate' yourself to get over it,and I do think it has something to do with being a female. If you live in fear or doubt and have that confidence gap, you are simply not going to achieve your full potential and what you know you can achieve. "

" I know my daughter was dealt a very, very good birth card, but sometimes I feel like I want to honor the fact that she also drew a lottery that she didn't get to choose, which is that there is this thing called Eventbrite in our lives, and it sometimes takes precedence. "

" My worst day is away from the office, when I'm traveling and not with the Britelings. "

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

" I think there's a fine line, and once you cross it, you are in a dangerous territory of overhyping your company, your service, and your product and sort of under-delivering. But I think we probably could have been a little more overtly confident in the early days. "

" I've done everything from traditional yoga to Bikram yoga to Pilates. "

" Whether you're a founder, a leader, or an individual contributor, building a strong team is critical to your success. "