Articles about Nick Hanauer

Funding roundup: Nick Hanauer’s Second Avenue backs gift-box venture; support for Alzheimer’s app

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. — Online gift-giving startup Knack announced a… Read More

Washington lawmakers approve capital gains tax for the first time in state history

With time running out on the legislative session, Washington state lawmakers approved a $59 billion state budget including a tax… Read More

Amazon investor and activist Nick Hanauer: ‘PR stunts are easy and cheap. Significantly raising wages for workers is not’

Just before Amazon announced it will raise employees’ minimum wage to $15 an hour, one of the company’s first investors… Read More

One of Amazon’s earliest investors has this advice for winning HQ2 city

Nick Hanauer was the first outside investor in Amazon and he has watched the company transform its hometown, Seattle, over… Read More

Marchex co-founder raises $5.5M from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer, others for new video content startup

A husband-wife founding team has raised cash from investors like Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer to build what they hope… Read More

Does the US need a new social contract? Dems call Trump a symptom of ‘the real threat to our republic’

Technologies younger than some pop stars are dramatically reshaping the modern economy and leaving many workers without the societal protections… Read More

Seattle investor compares Trump’s tax plan to ‘giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys’

Nick Hanauer is not impressed with President Donald Trump’s new tax reform plan. The Seattle investor and co-founder of Second… Read More

Tech investor Nick Hanauer goes off on Twitter, rips Trump supporters and climate-change deniers

Perhaps all that ash in the air around Seattle on Tuesday was coming from the fire burning inside Nick Hanauer.… Read More

Seattle tech investor’s message to the elite: Fighting Trump means forking over some wealth and paying workers fair wages

Nick Hanauer has gotten rich because of an uncanny ability to predict where things are headed. He was the first… Read More

Seattle mayor explains why he abandoned the property tax levy to fight homelessness championed by investor Nick Hanauer

Earlier this week, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray announced he was pulling the plug on a proposed property tax levy that… Read More

$275M Seattle property tax levy to fight homelessness pulled in favor of countywide sales tax measure

Seattle is pulling the plug on the $275 million property tax levy to tackle the city’s homelessness problem in favor of… Read More

Seattle mayor seeks $25M from private sector to fight homelessness, taps investor Nick Hanauer to lead $55M tax measure

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray believes the city needs to double its spending on homelessness and he’s calling on the region’s business… Read More

Can technology fuel the next labor movement? Union leaders pursue new innovations to empower workers

Technology as an industry has been largely anti-union. But could technology at last become a powerful tool of the labor movement?… Read More

This venture capitalist says a $28 minimum wage would create a more robust economy

You’ve probably heard rabble-rousing venture capitalist Nick Hanauer talk about the economic benefits of a $15 minimum wage. But the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Questions for a Better Future, CoCA Pop-Up (AR)t, Supercute Farewell and more

Can we create a better future through inquiry? That is one question, of several, that Questions for a Better Future will… Read More

Early Amazon investor Nick Hanauer: Disruptive tech companies need to innovate in civic life, too

Investor, entrepreneur and civic activist Nick Hanauer has a knack for going against the grain to find and back new ventures… Read More

Seattle VC Nick Hanauer calls Oregon school shooting a ‘personal failure’ and ‘national embarrassment’

Nick Hanauer has long been a proponent for better gun laws through his organization Civic Ventures. At the GeekWire Summit… Read More

Nick Hanauer to tech community: Step up your social and civic engagement

Nick Hanauer is one of the most outspoken and controversial people in tech known for his polarizing positions on hot-button… Read More

Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer join GeekWire Summit lineup

The 2015 GeekWire Summit — our biggest tech conference of the year — is coming up on Oct. 1-2 and today we’re… Read More

Early Amazon investor Nick Hanauer takes $15 minimum wage battle to New York

Nick Hanauer, one of Amazon’s first investors, is no stranger to taking on battles about class warfare and income equality.… Read More

Venture capitalist Nick Hanauer on redefining capitalism and why entrepreneurs who don’t get his money ‘suck’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer says an economic revolution is coming, and you better get ready for it. Even as… Read More

Early Amazon.com investor Nick Hanauer battles radio host Dori Monson over $15 minimum wage

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer and local radio host Dori Monson couldn’t disagree more about a potential $15 minimum wage… Read More

Early Amazon.com investor says online retailer ‘probably destroyed a million jobs’

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer loves to stir the pot, poking holes in economic theories and taking his wealthy tech… Read More

Newsvine co-founder and CareerBuilder.com vet start BeLeave with $1M from Second Avenue Partners

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer is leading a $1 million financing round in a stealthy startup company that’s tentatively operating… Read More

Q&A: Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on why Seattle is a great ‘startup cake’ (and NYC has a ‘sell out’ culture)

We had a blast catching up with Seattle technology entrepreneurs and investors Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on last weekend’s… Read More

Early Amazon investor Nick Hanauer disappointed Amazon isn’t more civically engaged

Is Amazon.com doing enough to support its hometown? That question has been raised many times over the years, with local publications like… Read More

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer aims to alter gun laws

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer is no stranger to politics, having previously led efforts to institute an income tax for… Read More

FrontDesk raises $1 million from Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer and Boris Wertz

FrontDesk still isn’t saying much about its new service for helping small businesses schedule meetings, review client profiles and receive… Read More

Rich Barton and Nick Hanauer on startups, the fiscal cliff and ‘creative disruption’

Zillow chairman Rich Barton and aQuantive co-founder Nick Hanauer are two of Seattle’s most accomplished entrepreneurs, having created billion-dollar companies… Read More

Rich Barton, Nick Hanauer bankroll stealthy Front Desk

Some entrepreneurial ideas are born in the lab. Jon Zimmerman’s latest entrepreneurial effort emerged at the Crossfit gym that he… Read More