Eventbrite’s International Growth Hits Major Snag
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Going global in the events sector is tough. Eventbrite has the added pressure of being a public company, and investors have soured on the company's potential despite its ambitious plans for a global event technology platform.
Eventbrite's initial public offering last year boosted optimism around the event industry that the increased visibility of the power and profit of events would be good for the sector overall.
Eventbrite has struggled out of the gate, though, and investors are concerned the company lacks a path to profitability. It may be that all the optimism was premature as Evenbrite takes longer to integrate Ticketfly. Check out my story parsing the latest bad news for the company.
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