Andy Sparks
FounderFounder at LaunchGram
San Francisco, California
Writes $5K – $25K checks · typically $15K
FoundedLaunchGram
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About
Andy Sparks is an executive coach to startup founders and CEOs and the founder of Management Craft, a library of management resources focused on scaling teams from 1 to 100. He previously served as COO of Mattermark, which grew to $5M in ARR before being sold and is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, and later co-founded the digital book publishing company Holloway. Earlier in his career he co-founded LaunchGram through 500 Startups, and he authored The Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital before becoming a coach in 2020.
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Experience
- Management CraftFoundercurrent2026 — presentUnited States
- Andy Sparks Executive CoachingExecutive Coachcurrent2020 — presentUnited States
- HollowayAuthorcurrent2019 — present
- HollowayCo-Founder2020 — 2021
- HollowayCEO2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
- MattermarkCo-founder & COO2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- LaunchGramCo-founder & CEO2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- eProximitiDirector of Product Development - Duet Health2011 — 2012
- eProximitiSales Manager2010 — 2011
- Scheming Lemur Brewing CompanyFounder2008 — 2009Columbus, Ohio Area
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- Who is Andy Sparks?
- Andy Sparks is an executive coach to startup founders and CEOs and the founder of Management Craft, a library of management resources focused on scaling teams from 1 to 100. He previously served as COO of Mattermark, which grew to $5M in ARR before being sold and is the subject of a Harvard Business School case study, and later co-founded the digital book publishing company Holloway. Earlier in his career he co-founded LaunchGram through 500 Startups, and he authored The Holloway Guide to Raising Venture Capital before becoming a coach in 2020.
- Where does Andy Sparks work?
- Andy Sparks is Founder of LaunchGram.
- What check size does Andy Sparks write?
- Andy Sparks typically writes checks of $5K – $25K.
- What companies did Andy Sparks found?
- Andy Sparks founded LaunchGram.
- Where did Andy Sparks go to school?
- Andy Sparks studied at The Ohio State University (B.A.).
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