My firstminute | Kevin Hartz, Xoom, Eventbrite, A* Capital

What do history and tech have in common? More than you would think. 

An example is that most people are either Greek or Roman. 

Greeks are great thinkers, philosophers and architects. 🏛

Romans are road builders, executors and operators. 🔨

Finding the combination of greek and roman in one individual is very rare but not impossible. An example is Elon Musk, said Kevin Hartz, Co-Founder & Chairman at Eventbrite.

During the session from May 2020, Kevin and Spencer Crawley, Co-founder and General Partner at firstminute capital, discussed the high and low points Kevin experienced with founding and growing Eventbrite and Xoom. They also covered his transition into the world of investing, the key criteria that he looks for as part of his investment process, and the advice he is currently employing with his own team and portfolio companies. Some of Kevin's early/seed investments include: Airbnb (Seed, Series A), Uber (Series B), Pinterest (Seed, Series A), and PayPal (Seed).