Nick Hanauer
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Nick Hanauer is an American
entrepreneur http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/03/10/focus1.html?jst=s_cn_hl and venture capitalist living in Seattle, Washington
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, Hanauer got his business start at the family-owned Pacific Coast Feather Company, where he continues to serve as Co-chair and CEO.http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Pacific-Coast-Feather-Company-Company-History.html In the 1980s he co-founded Museum Quality Framing Company, which has become a large West-Coast franchise. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/11/22/story6.html
In the 1990s, Hanauer was one of the first investors in Amazon.com (where he served as adviser to the board until 2000). He founded gear.com (which eventually merged with Overstock.com) and Avenue A Media (which in 2007, under the new name aQuantive, was acquired by Microsoft for $6.4 billion). http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/18/technology/microsoft_aquantive/
In 2000, Hanauer co-formed the Seattle-based venture capital company, Second Avenue Partners. The company advises and funds early stage companies such as HouseValues http://blog.seattlepi.com/venture/archives/108283.asp, Qliance, and Newsvine http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21138371/.
, a political action tank framed upon the ideas he and Eric Liu
presented in their 2007 book, The True Patriot.
Hanauer is active in the Seattle community and Washington’s public education system. He co-founded the League of Education Voters http://www.educationvoters.org(LEV), a non-partisan political organization dedicated to improving the quality of public education in Washington. He also serves on the boards of Cascade Land Conservancy, The University of Washington Foundation, The University of Arizona's Mount Lemmon Science Center and the Biosphere2 climate research project.
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entrepreneur http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2008/03/10/focus1.html?jst=s_cn_hl and venture capitalist living in Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
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Business career
After earning his Philosophy degree from the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, Hanauer got his business start at the family-owned Pacific Coast Feather Company, where he continues to serve as Co-chair and CEO.http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Pacific-Coast-Feather-Company-Company-History.html In the 1980s he co-founded Museum Quality Framing Company, which has become a large West-Coast franchise. http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1999/11/22/story6.html
In the 1990s, Hanauer was one of the first investors in Amazon.com (where he served as adviser to the board until 2000). He founded gear.com (which eventually merged with Overstock.com) and Avenue A Media (which in 2007, under the new name aQuantive, was acquired by Microsoft for $6.4 billion). http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/18/technology/microsoft_aquantive/
In 2000, Hanauer co-formed the Seattle-based venture capital company, Second Avenue Partners. The company advises and funds early stage companies such as HouseValues http://blog.seattlepi.com/venture/archives/108283.asp, Qliance, and Newsvine http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21138371/.
Civic activism
Hanauer is co-founder of The True Patriot NetworkThe True Patriot Network
The True Patriot Network is an American political action organization. It was founded in 2007. TPN is located in Seattle, Washington.-Background:...
, a political action tank framed upon the ideas he and Eric Liu
Eric Liu
Eric P. Liu is an American writer living in Seattle, Washington.- Life and career :He was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Chinese parents whose immigrated from Taiwan. He is a graduate of Yale University, where he was in Skull and Bones, and Harvard Law School and is a former lecturer at...
presented in their 2007 book, The True Patriot.
Hanauer is active in the Seattle community and Washington’s public education system. He co-founded the League of Education Voters http://www.educationvoters.org(LEV), a non-partisan political organization dedicated to improving the quality of public education in Washington. He also serves on the boards of Cascade Land Conservancy, The University of Washington Foundation, The University of Arizona's Mount Lemmon Science Center and the Biosphere2 climate research project.