10亿美元初创公司创始人的3个感悟

    在线票务网站Eventbrite的总裁茱莉亚•哈茨风头正健。她与丈夫凯文携手创建的这间初创公司筹措到6亿美元的业务拓展资金后还不到一年，这对创业夫妻档已经又从风险投资人那里不声不响地拿到了差不多6亿美元的融资——据我在《财富》的同事丹•普里马克透露，他们的公司估值则已经达到10亿美元。

    它意味着34岁的哈茨已经顺理成章地成为了《财富》2013年最具影响力女企业家排行榜的预备人选之一。她是去年秋天在《财富》最具影响力女性峰会上获得表彰的10位女创业家之一。Eventbrite网站完全符合《财富》最具影响力女企业家的评选标准，因为它构思新颖，而且彻底地改变了业界的格局——Eventbrite致力于打造规模最大的演出活动票务平台，去年总共实现了超过10亿美元的票房毛收入。这家位于美国旧金山的公司目前在美国、英国和拉丁美洲拥有330名员工，已经开始在198个国家境内开展门票销售业务，而且会将融得的资金用于进一步的市场拓展和产品开发。

    哈茨的事业之路是从有线电视开始的，她在迈上如今这条创业大道之前曾先后任职于MTV电视台和FX电视台。她在打造一间市值10亿美元的初创公司的过程中学到了些什么呢？她说有三点：

    1．我学到，坦率的对话就是我能利用时间做到的最有价值的事。一组人能够坐在一起，有一说一，坦率地讨论我们所面临的挑战，讨论我们想要达成的目标，这样就可以更容易地做到化整为零，各个击破。

    2．我不得不学着如何求助。我不得不学着如何接受帮助！大家总是觉得，孤军奋战的人十分勇敢。但是我觉得，能把自己推到他人面前，找出与他们共事的方式，是种比孤军奋战还要勇敢的行为。

    3．我发现，让一家企业成功的关键就是要请到远比你自己聪明、能干得多的人。信任和你一起共事的人实在太重要了。我很高兴我可以说，我做到了。（财富中文网）

    译者：薄锦

    Eventbrite president Julia Hartz is on a roll. Less than one year after raising $60 million to expand the startup she founded with her husband Kevin, the entrepreneurial couple has quietly raised some $60 million more in venture capital -- at a $1 billion company valuation, according to my Fortune colleague Dan Primack.

    This means that Hartz, 34, has turned out to be a prescient pick for Fortune's 2013 class of Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. She was one of 10 female founders honored last fall at theFortune MPW Summit. Eventbrite nicely meets the Fortune MPW Entrepreneurs selection criteria because it is innovative and game-changing in a big way: Aiming to build the largest marketplace for events, Eventbrite processed more than $1 billion in gross ticket scales last year. With 330 employees in the U.S., the UK and Latin America, the San Francisco-based company has sold tickets in 198 countries and will use its new funding for further expansion and product development.

    Hartz began her career in cable television, at MTV (VIA) and then FX (FOX) before taking the entrepreneurial route. What has she learned building a startup to $1 billion in market value? Three things, she told us:

    1.I've learned that having candid conversations is just about the most valuable thing I can do with my time. When a group of people can sit down with each other and get real, be frank about the challenges we're facing as well as the goals we want to meet, it's a lot easier to divide and conquer.

    2.I had to learn how to ask for help. I had to learn how to receive it! Everyone always thinks it's brave to go out alone. But I think it's even braver to put yourself out there in front of others and figure out how to work together.

    3.I learned that the key to a successful business is to hire people who are way smarter and more competent than you. It's so important to trust the people you work with. I'm really happy to be able to say that I do.