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Nick Hanauer has served as a director of HouseValues Inc. since December 2000. In March of 2000 Mr. Hanauer partnered with three colleagues to create Second Avenue Partners the Seattle-based venture capital company which provides management strategy and capital for early stage companies. In 2000 he also founded and served as Chairman of Gear.com an online sporting goods company until its merger with Overstock.com in 2001. In 1997 he founded and served for a period as Chief Executive Officer of aQuantive Inc. (formerly AvenueA) an Internet media company which went public in February of 2000. He currently serves as aQuantive’s Chairman of the Board. In 1995 Mr. Hanauer became a founding investor and served as a board advisor for Amazon.com until January 2000. In 1988 he co-founded Museum Quality Framing Company which today has 60 stores and is the largest of its kind on the west coast. Mr. Hanauer began his professional career at Pacific Coast Feather Company. As the company's Executive VP of Sales and Marketing he helped grow Pacific Coast from several million dollars in sales to over 300 million. He also served as the company’s Co-Chairman Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hanauer currently serves as a director of Insitu Group The University of Washington Foundation and The Alliance for Education. Mr. Hanauer holds a B.A. from the University of Washington. | 