Articles about Andy Sack

Tech Moves: Andy Sack joins Payability board; Puppet adds execs; LevelTen Energy names CCO

— Longtime Seattle startup leader and investor Andy Sack joined the board of Payability, a New York City-based fintech startup.… Read More

Tech Moves: Ex-Impinj CEO tapped for top post at AnswerDash; Microsoft marketing vet named Acumatica CMO

—AnswerDash, a spin-out from the University of Washington formerly known as Qazzow, has named former Impinj CEO William Colleran as… Read More

GeekWire’s 2014 Newsmakers of the Year: Big wins, surprise deals, and major impact

It has been another big year for technology news in the Seattle region. Major acquisitions, historic transitions, and critical community initiatives have been… Read More

Microsoft hires Seattle startup guru Andy Sack as a consultant to help software giant move faster

When Andy Sack stepped down from his role at Techstars Seattle earlier this month, the startup vet stressed that he’d… Read More

In tearful farewell, Andy Sack steps down from Techstars Seattle, passes torch to Chris DeVore

At its fifth annual Demo Day this afternoon, the Techstars Seattle startup accelerator announced that Andy Sack will step down from his post… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $10M, looks to bankroll ‘hungry and foolish’ NW entrepreneurs

Founder’s Co-op, the 6-year-old Seattle angel investment firm led by Andy Sack, Chris DeVore and Rudy Gadre, has raised $10… Read More

Attention lady hackers: Code Fellows debuts women-only bootcamp, guarantees $60K salary

Seattle’s “TechStars for engineers” wants to see more women in tech and just debuted a new class solely for female… Read More

Here’s what Andy Sack would do if he were Seattle mayor

Our friends over at Crosscut just started a cool new feature called “If I were Mayor” in which they are… Read More

Bootcamp for engineers: Andy Sack unveils new digital trade school Code Fellows

Everywhere you go in Seattle these days, companies are talking about how difficult it is to find talented developers, designers… Read More

Live from TechStars Demo Day: Ray Ozzie keynote and 10 new startup pitches

Team GeekWire is attending TechStars Demo Day, taking place today at the Showbox SoDo in Seattle. More than 600 entrepreneurs,… Read More

Tech Moves: Andy Sack passes torch at Lighter Capital; OUYA’s new hire

Andy Sack is stepping aside as CEO of Lighter Capital, the Seattle investment firm that provides revenue-based loans to companies… Read More

Lighter Capital ignites with three new investments

Seattle’s Lighter Capital, which offers an alternative to venture capital and traditional bank loans, today announced three new investments in… Read More

Seattle VCs invest in TechStars, supporting 3 more years of startup incubation

TechStars will be looking to hatch companies in Seattle for the next three years, thanks in part to cash from… Read More

Introducing The Elevator Pitch: Where entrepreneurs get 43 seconds to reach the top

In the fast-moving world of startups, entrepreneurs need to be able to sell themselves in seconds. A good elevator pitch… Read More

Video: Andy Sack of Founder’s Co-op accepts a WTIA award

The Washington Technology Industry Association’s Industry Achievement Awards were held this week in Seattle. The annual awards are a fun… Read More

Founder’s Co-op raises $8M angel fund, looks to become a ‘catalyst’ for the NW startup community

Founder’s Co-op, the angel investment fund led by Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, has raised a new $8 million fund… Read More

Geeks Who Give Back: Andy Sack, Geoff Entress, Chris DeVore

These angel investors are elevating Seattle to new heights. The brains behind Founder’s Co-op and TechStars not only are bankrolling… Read More

Lighter Capital finds its flame, awards cash to HireAHelper

Back in August, we told you about an unusual investment competition created by Andy Sack and the crew at Lighter… Read More

TechStars’ plea to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and the other ‘godfathers’ of Seattle tech

Andy Sack, the director of TechStars Seattle, is accustomed to critiquing the pitches of entrepreneurs. Now, Sack is doing an… Read More

Pittsburgh looks to attract entrepreneurial dreamers (over the age of 45)

Last week, I moderated a panel discussion at the TechNW event in which panelists Andy Sack of TechStars, Glenn Kelman of… Read More

Let’s stop the Silicon Valley comparisons, and take a look at why NYC is kicking butt

Overdone. Counterproductive. Tired. Whiny. Those are some of the words I’ve heard in the past few weeks as the Seattle… Read More

Photo Gallery: The battle in Seattle (of the tomato variety)

There may be no better cure for the end of summer than cold beer, live music and hurling tomatoes at… Read More

Y Combinator-backed Contagion merges with Health Month to form Habit Labs, moves from SF to Seattle

Jen McCabe, who founded the Y Combinator-backed startup Contagion, thought about keeping her company in the San Francisco Bay Area… Read More

IPOs, startups and market volatility: How do you make sense of what’s going on?

The wild ups and downs of the stock market this week would be enough to send most sane investors to… Read More

Portland Seed Fund tests public-private VC model: Could a similar idea take root in Seattle?

On the GeekWire podcast last week, we chatted with Rick Turoczy of Portland’s Silicon Florist blog about the differences between… Read More

Nerd Notes: McGinn loves the Leaf; Tomato Battle in Seattle; Comcast bans a data hog; and much more

•Mike McGinn is going electric. The Seattle Mayor today announced that the city has added five new Nissan Leaf electric… Read More

A night at the Seattle 2.0 Awards: Watch the speeches of the 10 winners

Seattle’s startup community partied Thursday night at the annual Seattle 2.0 Awards, a celebration of the region’s top tinkerers, geeks,… Read More

Podcast

Rewind: Andy Sack on startups, TechStars and the promise of Seattle’s tech scene

Joining us for our latest GeekWire Podcast was Andy Sack of TechStars Seattle, Founders Co-op and Revenue Loan — the… Read More