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" 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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" 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. "

" Work does come home with us, but home also comes to work. Our kids are regulars at Eventbrite's HQ in San Francisco. "

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

" At Eventbrite, we value quality results over everything else. So while working late is acknowledged, at the end of the day, I care more about the results you're producing. "

" Getting over the stigma of needing to appear as if I do it all myself took about 12 months. I finally realized that the only way to be a successful, happy mother, founder, wife, and daughter was to accept the help that was being offered to me. "

" I founded Eventbrite when I was 25 and had exactly five professional years under my belt. Perspective was lacking; idealistic views were not. I really had no idea what I was getting myself into, and I'm beyond thrilled I took the leap from a comfortable corporate career into the abyss of founder-hood and entrepreneurship. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you think about stripping away 80 percent of the things that don't matter and focusing on the the 20 percent that will actually make a difference, I think you'll find great results even in the toughest of situations and the harshest of environments. "

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" If I were to think of myself as a role model, I would say that it's really important to realize when you are a role model and to be willing to give advice, share how you do things. "

" As far as funding and building a team, you being romantically involved with your cofounder really shouldn't play a factor in how you run the company and how you create a team or find resources. It's all about the partnership. "

" If you can't see an example of what you could be, you really aren't going to have that extra incentive to break through any types of barriers. "

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

" 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. "

" When we set out to build Eventbrite, we had to face many challenges and come up with creative solutions to get past them. Each time we learned new ways to cope, we became a stronger and more cohesive team. "

" There's a lot of clarity in hindsight. "

" 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. "

" Great leadership and great companies aren't built overnight, and they're not built without capital. And capital can sometimes be counter-productive to building a great culture. "

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

" As with any other crucial aspect of a growing business, you need the right technology and tools. "

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

" Being productive at work is rewarding, and feeling supported, challenged, and appreciated allows us to be our most efficient selves. "

" The majority of our happiness at work is determined by the people who surround us. Strong teams produce more content, launch more products, and sign more contracts. And most importantly, they have fun doing it. "

" Being an entrepreneur can be learned, and that is exactly what I have done. You don't have to be born with it or have had the 'lemonade stand.' But, you do need to have the passion, devotion, conviction, and sheer will and drive to make it happen. "

" It's incredibly important to be - once you do have a product - acutely observational about the trends. "