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J. SilvaStartups in Actionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5787-6_3

3. Year One of StubHub

JP Silva1  
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Toronto, ON, Canada
 
StubHub (www.stubhub.com) is an online ticket marketplace founded by Jeff Fluhr and Eric Baker (Figure 3-1). In January 2007, when it was sold to eBay for $310 million, it was about to complete its 10 millionth ticket sale.

A screenshot of StubHub's home page, which lists various events, artists, and teams under the concerts, sports, and theatre categories, along with their corresponding photos.

Figure 3-1

Screenshot of the landing page of stubhub.com as of January 2020

The first year account that follows is based ...

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