Quotes from Julia Hartz

Being a female head of a successful tech company means that I'm in a pretty niche category.

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

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 have a cofounder, one of the benefits is you'll get from point A to point B two times faster.

There is no finish line to leadership.

I think entrepreneurship is combining a passion with the tenacity to problem-solve and the fearlessness to fail.

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.

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

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.

It's important for founders to think about how they would build their company from scratch - again.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

I'm not good at throwing around rhetoric.

We wanted to harness the power of technology to make it possible for anyone to sell tickets to any type of event.

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