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.
We've also got the latest reporting on proposed taxes on the service sector in states across the U.S. and a thought-provoking Megatrend on the value of experiences in our age of tech burnout.
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