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Andy Sparks

Founder → Executive Coach to Founders & CEOs

San Francisco, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $25,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $15,000.00

Work Experience

  • Executive Coach

    2020

    Finding, sharing, and teaching ways of working that produce products people love and places love to work at. I coach CEOs & founders, facilitate off-sites, teach courses, and share ways of working at that work in my newsletter, Hoo Boy. Sparks Industries is a management training and executive coaching business for founders built by founders. We teach founders to grow into strong managers and leaders who maximize prosperity for their business and the people who work there.

  • Author

    2019

    Author of The Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital (310 pages, published August 1, 2019).

  • Co-Founder

    2020 - 2021

  • CEO

    2016 - 2020

    Holloway is a new platform for publishing books. We focus on non-fiction, have our own digital publishing platform, and we also publish books in print. Interested in being one of the first independent authors published on Holloway? Email us at hello@holloway.com.

2013 - 2016

  • Co-founder & COO

    2013 - 2016

    Mattermark builds software to help venture capital & private equity firms, hedge funds, investment banks, & sales teams source, research, and track the fastest growing private companies. We filter through the noise to identify opportunities to invest in, partner with, and sell to some of the most promising companies in the world. If you, or someone you know, might be interested you can apply here: https://mattermark.com/jobs/

2011 - 2013

  • Co-founder & CEO

    2011 - 2013

    LaunchGram simplified news for products & initiatives that have yet to be released or reach completion. 500 Startups Fall 2012 Batch. - We made it ridiculously easy for consumers to stay updated on products that haven't come out yet. Was responsible for the strategy, vision, hustle, and making sure my developer and designer co-founders loved their lives. LaunchGram was acquired by Refer.ly in Feb. 2013.

eProximiti

2010 - 2012

  • Director of Product Development - Duet Health

    2011 - 2012

    eproximiti is a mobile software development company with a focus in healthcare. Our brand, Duet Health, was a platform for education, engagement, & motivation-based behavior change in specialties such as OB/GYN, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Endocrinology, & more. We developed products internally in addition to building products for clients like Boston Children's Hospital, OhioHealth, and UpToDate Medicine. I was the third employee, and as the company grew my role was split between product development, sales, and account management.

  • Sales Manager

    2010 - 2011

    eProximiti is a mobile software products company with solutions in health care, metropolitan area, and mobile-mobile connectivity. Launched two mobile applications, developed brand strategy, and assisted in business development.

Scheming Lemur Brewing Company

2008 - 2009

  • Founder

    2008 - 2009