Business Daily meets: Julia Hartz
The CEO of Eventbrite on how she founded one of the world's largest ticketing platforms
Business Daily · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
From noticing a gap in the market, to launching a start-up with her husband, CEO Julia Hartz tells us how she's built Eventbrite to become one of the biggest event ticketing platforms in the world, distributing 272 million tickets to more than 1.7 million global events in 2024. The online site enables users to buy tickets to all kinds of community gatherings; with almost one-million creators publishing get-togethers like, cooking classes, yoga sessions and cold-water plunging.
Julia shares how the company has dealt with challenging economic climates, the scourge of surge pricing, and how it's adapting to new ways of bringing the world together offline.
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Presenter: Ed Butler Producer: Amber Mehmood
(Picture: Julia Hartz. Credit: Getty Images)