We’re very pleased to announce that the San Francisco Small Business Administration has selected Eventbrite to provide online registration services for its seminars and classes. The Small Business Administration and its resource partners offer a variety of classes for business owners on a range of subjects — from how to start a business and build your brand, to bookkeeping fundamentals, to how to take advantage of the latest trends in online marketing.  For more information about SBA classes and seminars for small business owners, visit the Small Business Administration on Eventbrite.

Update: The issue is officially under control.  We are now working with our service providers to prevent this from happening again.  Obviously, we regret the loss of service and we deeply appreciate the patience and supportive responses we’ve received from our customers.  We sincerely feel your pain!

Original Post: At midnight PT Eventbrite experienced a malicious DOS (denial of service) attack.  Because of this attack, our service was unavailable.  We responded immediately and our entire team is working on this issue diligently as I type.

We appreciate your patience and I will post an update when we have a final resolution.

The Eventbrite Team

We’re thrilled to announce that Eventbrite has been named a Webware 100 Winner!

Nearly 630,000 votes were cast during the voting this year to pick the best Web 2.0 sites and services.  Eventbrite was picked as a top 10 service in the “Commerce” category along with some huge names such as PayPal, Craigslist, and Amazon.

A big thank you to all of our supporters who voted to help us win our very first award!

xo The Eventbrite Team

What do Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Sam Waterston, John Hockenberry, and poet laureate Billy Collins have in common? They all support PROJECT 451, Literature to Life’s newest campaign. The organization will be kicking off the campaign with a two-night celebrity awards gala in New York City’s Theatre at St. Clement’s Church on May 17th and 18th.

This year the gala will honor Ray Bradbury, author of “Fahrenheit 451,” with the premier performance of his novel, directed by Wynn Handman and performed by Rich Orlow. The program will conclude with readings of very short passages from other works of great literature by distinguished guests. Register … Continue Reading

Forbes.com

What do a Pets.com sock puppet and the original PayPal business plan have in common?  Why, they both live on our CEO’s desk…duh! Forbes.com wanted to know about 2 things that Kevin values in his office* and why. (*If by “office” they mean small desk set in the middle of our open floor plan)  To find out why Kevin would bother to keep these items on his already cramped desk, read on.  Bonus if you spot the Eventbrite mascot in the published team photo!

SF Business Times

As a San Francisco native company, we were honored to be profiled by Patrick Hoge in last week’s SF … Continue Reading

Since stepping down from her role as CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman has taken her slogan “It’s better when you win it” from used radios and Evil Knievel lunch boxes to the political marketplace. Ms. Whitman has thrown in her hat to join the running for Governor of California and bring The Golden State back to the prosperity it was named after.

Get a chance to meet Meg Whitman when she appears at Yahoo this Monday, hosted by Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz, and hear her discuss how California will move forward in a challenging environment. Her thoughts on state budget solutions, clean technology and other critical issues … Continue Reading

On behalf of the Craigslist Foundation, Eventbrite is very pleased to announce that registration for the 2009 Craigslist Foundation Non-Profit Boot Camp is now open.  Now in its 6th year, the Craigslist Foundation Boot Camp is “an opportunity for nonprofit professionals, civic leaders, philanthropists, volunteers, educators, service-learning professionals and doers from all over the world to network, share and inspire one another”.   The Boot Camp is a one-day event with a program consisting of workshops and networking sessions.  Participants should expect to come away with actionable ideas they can apply to their own work, as well as rich networking and information exchange among … Continue Reading

It’s common wisdom that things are supposed to get cheaper as you buy more of them.  Volume discounts, I think they call them.  In hotel economics, volume doesn’t mean a longer stay.  It means booking lots of rooms per night.  Eventholders who need to book lodging for their events are encouraged to check out a new hotel group rate booking tool, provided in partnership with HotelPlanner.com.  Unlike most hotel booking websites, that cap off at 4 rooms per night, HotelPlanner.com lets you get access to exclusive group rates that are normally only available directly from hotel sales managers.  Providing this unique online access to otherwise inaccessible hotel rates is … Continue Reading

It’s become a pervasive theme of this recesssion that we should not be so distracted by the falling sky that we miss what could be the perfect moment to start a company.  To foster and reward the entrepreneurial spirit in the midst of economic uncertainty, the Startup 2009 Conference offers emerging online companies a chance to be vetted by some of Silicon Valley’s most discerning judges, Continue Reading

It’s always great to be nominated for an award. You get to be a part of a group that includes others who, like yourself, have been elevated by the distinction of being nominated for an award. And from there you have a chance to be the one who gets to go up on stage and get photographed. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.

Eventbrite has been selected as a finalist by the editors of CNET for the 2009 Webware 100 awards! To win all we need to do is have the most votes. Simple. Because we like a challenge, we thought we’d … Continue Reading