Ten years ago, we faced significant challenges, but last year we sold our company for over a billion dollars.

When I left the company, we grew from zero revenues to about $150 million in recurring revenue, leading to a sale to Microsoft for around $800 million.

We went from zero to seventy million in revenue in our first year after launching our product, which sold out in a few hours.

Despite only raising $118,000 throughout our company's life, we achieved returns of over 30,000% upon acquisition, highlighting the potential of lean startups.

Our recent financial transformation, which included addressing significant challenges, has resulted in our stock tripling in value over the past two years, demonstrating the importance of overcoming adversity.

After exiting Y Combinator, we achieved $200,000 in revenue within six weeks, and by the end of the year, we reached about $1 million, showcasing our rapid growth trajectory.

In late 2009, we decided to publicly announce our product, which led to significant interest and media coverage.

The startup that achieved the biggest and fastest exit from Y Combinator was sold for almost a billion dollars just two years after its founding.

I always call Eventbrite an overnight success eight years in the making, so time does fly.