How does a start-up get to earn a 60 million Euro turnover?
An impromptu business trip, sudden family commitments…there are many causes that can prevent us from attending that sporting event or spectacle that we had previously acquired tickets for. What can be done in this situation? This is the question that Ander Michelena and Jon Uriarte answered with the creation of Ticketbis, an online platform for buying and selling tickets.
The start-up, which was created in Spain, was born as a challenging initiative by two young entrepreneurs who decided to wage all they had to fulfil their dream of carrying out, and accomplish their own project. Ander Michelena and Jon Uriarte worked in their London offices in Morgan Stanley, where they had their own position and high salary, something uncommon given the times they were in. One day, they decided to take the plunge into the entrepreneurial scene, and they returned to their native Bilbao to found a platform for buying and selling tickets that would be named Ticketbis. Four years later, this project has expanded to 19 countries, and can count with more than 250 employees within their team.
