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Almost Famous: Julia Hartz of Eventbrite

in News on February 16, 2010 at 1:50 am PT

This week, we got an all-access pass for an interview with Julia Hartz, president and co-founder of Eventbrite, the Web-based ticketing company. We talked about life with a husband for a co-founder, the Silicon Valley state of mind and how she gives Ticketmaster five years to live.

AOL+Bebo=More Rich Web Entrepreneurs!

in News on March 14, 2008 at 3:01 am PT

After its AOL division paid out an insane $850 million for social networking site Bebo yesterday, one had to wonder if the true digital legacy of Time Warner will be as the perpetual gravy train for legions of Web players. It certainly seems that way from the original AOL execs who “merged” their company with Time Warner in 2000 and cashed out at the peak right after the deal to the series of ad networking startup entrepreneurs who got acquired, took their payouts and skidaddled right on through to the two founders of Bebo–Michael and Xochi Birch–who didn’t even stay long enough for a latte after grabbing their chunk of the payday Time Warner was handing out in crisp bank notes for the social networking site they founded.

Bebo: By the (Not So Big) Numbers

in News on March 13, 2008 at 9:18 am PT

What’s AOL getting for its $850 million in cash to purchase of social networking site, Bebo? A very attractive social networking service and a very experienced exec who has been running it. But, perhaps more importantly for those who focus on pesky numbers, not a whole lot of revenue and negligible profits, judging financial information I got a gander at, courtesy of sources at several companies that looked at funding or buying Bebo.