Quotes from Julia Hartz

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.

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

I encourage women who are starting families to think about the five-year horizon. The first few years of parenthood are really hard, but if you stick it out, it gets easier.

The gender parity is something that has been organic to Eventbrite since we started building a team.

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.

There has been an intention since day one that it's as important to us that we build profits as much as we build a wonderful culture and a lasting legacy of a great company. We've created this inclusive environment that's very thoughtful in terms of how we can create allyship, how we create mentorship, and what kind of voices are heard.

I was a dancer and performer.

During college, in Los Angeles, I interned all over Hollywood. Development roles appealed to me; they were a perfect blend of business and creativity.

I love just being home with the kids and, seeing what they do when they're bored and then I just follow.

I live, breathe, and die by what kind of company we're creating.

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

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

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.

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.

What I didn't appreciate about myself is that I'm good at coaching leaders.

To force a culture creates something that is inherently not sustainable. It does not evolve forward.

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.

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.

Legacies are built on the practices of your company.

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.

I get extremely detail-oriented. In my most stressed-out days, I get way more focused on those details than anyone should be.

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.

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.

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.