Eventbrite - Events Made Easy

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"New Year's Eve tips for the Bay Area"

VIDEO BLOG: Founder of Eventbrite, Kevin Hartz

"Eventbrite is bringing ticketing to the other 99% of the market that's not Wembley Stadium."

The Valley Girl Show

"Eventbrite is a fast, easy, and social way to plan events. In this episode, Hartz and Jesse Draper plan a party together."

Married couples run Sugar, ModCloth other tech start-ups

"Imagine, then, the pressure of running a start-up in the fiercely competitive tech world while raising children. But into this yawning chasm of responsibility have stepped several couples, who have combined their complementary skills, divided up responsibilities, invoked trust in each other and fine-tuned their communications skills to create profitable enterprises employing hundreds of people."

Eventbrite's Kevin And Julia Hartz Make Event Ticketing Easy And Cheaper For Everyone

"Kevin Hartz says the huge, sleepy ticketing market was "ripe for disruption." Eventbrite's goal is to bring that disruption, through offering ticketing services to smaller events and venues, slashing buyer fees, and focusing on social media integration so your friends can get in on the fun when you decide to attend or offer an event."

Kevin Hartz, the Silicon Valley whizz kid taking on Old Street

"Ticketing tech wonder Eventbrite raised $50m in Series E funding earlier this year. Now, it's heading to London."

Eventbrite introduce their first international expansion

"The ticketing industry's arguably most disruptive start-up Eventbrite has opened the doors of its London offices."

Viral Aspect' Key to Eventbrite's Business

"Kevin Hartz, co-founder and chief executive officer of Eventbrite Inc., talks about expanding in the U.K. and Europe."

Tech Watch: Awesome Workplaces in Silicon Valley

"Perks at a number of Silicon Valley's largest and finest."

The Hopkinson Report

"Eventbrite is a simple but powerful tool to manage, promote, and sell out your event. I've used it in the past and can attest that it takes the process of planning an event — be it a class, a meetup group, a yoga retreat, or a concert — and makes it simple and professional."

What not to do when your co-founder is also your spouse

"Soon after co-founding their event-planning website Eventbrite.com in 2006, Kevin and Julia Hartz tied the knot. To make it work, they've come up with their own special marital work rules."

Free Friday: Eventbrite Announces National Concert Series

"Eventbrite is launching a national concert series called "Concert Confidential: 5 Cities. 5 Causes. 1 Night." The online ticketing platform is hosting five free concerts, each benefiting a charity, which will take place simultaneously on September 17, 2011, at intimate venues in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and Dallas-Fort Worth."

Putting the 'Social' in Social Responsibility

"The Concert Confidential series is in line with a broader socially conscious push by Eventbrite, which says its program has helped raise $56 million for charities."

Eventbrite's Summer Of Disruptive Innovation Extends Into Fall As Ashley Capps Joins Board

"They are clearly disruptive innovators with the potential to present a challenge that Ticketmaster may be unable to withstand."

Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment and Bonnaroo Joins Eventbrite Board

"The company's web-based, do-it-yourself model has opened up the ticketing process to any event organizer."

18 Female Founders In Tech To Watch

"The five year-old startup is growing quickly: it has raised about $80 million so far, and is on track to sell $400 million worth of tickets this year alone."

Planning something? Eventbrite is the ticket!

"Eventbrite provides a simple but effective suite of smart technological fixes for the irksome issue of event management."

Ticket Sales Start-Up Aims at Smaller Box Offices

"Eventbrite is to ticket sales what Google is to search terms."

TechCrunch TV: Founder Stories

Kevin and Julia Hartz discuss getting into online event ticketing.

Black Eyed Peas Rain Out Can't Shake Eventbrite Confidence

"Lucky for the team, the charity event wasn't the only reason the "Britelings," along with cofounders Kevin and Julia Hartz flew into town this week. On Monday they announced the launch of a new product extension to Eventbrite services, Eventbrite At The Door. What At The Door adds to the experience, is the ability for event organizers to handle will-call and on-site ticket sales."

Eventbrite Launches an iPad Box Office

"The advantage of doing this with Eventbrite instead of a cash box is not just the ability to take credit cards, but also a way to keep track of who attends an event. When making a transaction, the app asks the ticket vendor to enter an email address for the customer. That's valuable information for marketing future events."

Eventbrite announces its new iPad app that will revolutionize ticket sales

"To kick off this week's big event, Internet Week in New York City, the Eventbrite team announced the release of Eventbrite At The Door, a groundbreaking iPad app that gives event attendees the same flexibility in purchasing tickets that they enjoy while using the site. The app was created to allow organizers to sell tickets from any location, to eliminate the tedious nature of the cashbox and to help organizers collect information from last-minute purchases in an effective, unobtrusive way."

It Just Got 10 Times Easier to Ticket at the Door...

"Bands have more options than ever for doing serious ticketing at the door - and capturing fan data. But Eventbrite really wants to change this game. The company is now preparing to release 'At the Door,' a package for processing credit cards, printing tickets, tracking attendees, and printing receipts for last-minute takers."

Even with New $50 Million Funding, Eventbrite Is Not Taking Aim At Ticketmaster

"Popular ticketing startup Eventbrite is known more for selling tix for local indie acts than Madison Square Garden headliners. But yesterday, a huge round of funding - $50 million Series E financing led by Tiger Global - suggests even small startups can dream big."

Eventbrite Goes On a $50 Million E Ticket Ride

"Eventbrite sees itself as a sort of modern day eBay, exploiting technology to enable whole new markets to emerge around events"

Eventbrite Takes on Ticketmaster With $50 Million Investment

"Twenty percent of Eventbrite tickets sold last quarter were sold overseas, and this is one reason the company plans to be more aggressive with its presence there."

Eventbrite Raises Another $50 Million, Plans Expansion

"Eventbrite's ticketing platform is a disruptive, do-it-yourself ticketing service that has opened the market to a new group of customers. Nearly any type of event organizer can use the service - guitar lessons, concerts, baking lessons, professional conferences, etc. Free mobile apps turn smartphones into ticket scanners."

Eventbrite Raises $50 Million to Tackle Ticketmaster

"Eventbrite lets ticket buyers share the news of their event plans on Facebook. Those efforts alone help distinguish the company among its peers and bring in additional business."

Tomorrow's Tech Titans May 12, 2011

Kevin and Julia Hartz, Co-Founders of Eventbrite, discuss the business and company growth.

Names You Need to Know: Eventbrite

"It's no coincidence that Eventbrite has taken off with Facebook and Twitter. Though Eventbrite is not as big as the other two, Eventbrite has become the 'real-life' way for people to connect -- in the actual face-to-face sense -- while attending events together."

Facebook Promotes Social E-Commerce

"At Eventbrite, every link shared on Facebook generated $2.52 in ticket sales."

Kevin Hartz on Bloomberg West

Kevin Hartz, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eventbrite, talks about the company's growth.

Ten Female Entrepreneurs And Mompreneurs To Watch

"The cofounder and president of Eventbrite says her company is democratizing ticket sales by merging e-commerce and social networking."

Facebook vs. Twitter: Which is Better for Marketing?

"Social media centric event company Eventbrite [reports] that an average tweet about an event drove 80 cents in ticket sales during the past six months, whereas an average Facebook Like drove $1.34."

Facebook 'Likes' more profitable than tweets

"Eventbrite announced Wednesday that an average tweet about an event drove 80 cents in ticket sales during the past six months, whereas an average Facebook Like drove $1.34."

Disruptors

"The event registration site Eventbrite has given some insight into the monetization race between Facebook and Twitter."

Marketplace Morning Report, National Public Radio

"Eventbrite has come out with actual numbers about the profitability of social networking."

Facebook 'likes' worth more than Tweets, study finds

"Eventbrite released its second study Wednesday that examines how social media intersects with e-commerce, something it calls 'social commerce'."

Facebook "Likes" More Profitable Than Tweets

"People are more likely to share events if they are attending. Their friends, according to Eventbrite's data, are also more likely to buy tickets to an event shared on Facebook by a ticket holder than one shared by an uncommitted friend."

25 Women-Run Startups to Watch

"Eventbrite is a social commerce platform for ticketing and event management. They processed $207 million in ticket sales in 2010, more than double from 2009."

Couples Who Make Their Relationship Work, at Work

"Dividing responsibilities has also been an essential component of making it work, at work. While Kevin focuses on product development and strategy, Julia works on building the corporate culture of the now 100-person company."

Parties, Tech Conferences Top Online Registry

"New Year's Eve gatherings and tech conferences topped last year's list of most popular events on Eventbrite Inc., a San Francisco start-up that lets visitors register for events and buy tickets online."

Nine Startup Scaling Secrets from Eventbrite

"On anyone's list of the fastest-growing and most interesting social-commerce startups in San Francisco/Silicon Valley, Eventbrite has to rank near the top."

Eventbrite Ticket Sales Grossed Nearly $207 Million in 2010

"Founded in 2006, Eventbrite has grown to become a dominate force in online ticketing."