# Kevin Hartz > Co-founder of Eventbrite Co-Founder, former CEO, and of Chairman Eventbrite (NYSE: EB). General Partner, A\* Capital Prev: Co-Founder, CEO, and Board member of online money transfer service, Xoom (IPO 2013, acquired by PayPal 2015 for $1.1B). Early/seed investments include: PayPal (Seed), Opensea (Seed), Airbnb (Seed, Series A), Pinterest (Seed, Series A), Trulia (first check), Uber (Series B), Bitcoin (Oct 2013), Ramp (Seed), 1Password (Series B), Thumbtack (Series A), Reddit (Series B), Carta (Seed), Anduril (Seed), Opendoor (seed), & more Things I can advise on: - startups - tips on raising capital - product - jumpstarting growth - how to get your first 1000 customers - share lessons from other successful companies - early stage investing - & more I love helping others, especially entrepreneurs and I look forward to helping you on your business journey! **Rating:** 5/5 (3 reviews) ## Offerings - Video call (15 min): $750.00 ## Example Questions - I’m thinking about starting a company. What are the one or two things I should focus on next? - How would you approach growth for my business? - What metrics should I aim for at different stages to be a best in class company? - I want to build a venture backed company. What am I missing? ## Links - [Expert profile](/KevinHartz) - [Avatar](https://media.intro.co/avatars/4542718-u0oIFv.jpg) - [Marketplace](/marketplace)