It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Lambda Literary Award, and the Thom Gunn Award. Read 3522 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Andrew holds an MBA from UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA from Brandeis University. His book Crush won the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets prize, selected by Louise Glück. While at the helm, Andrew and his team set the high-water mark for sponsorship revenue in MiLB. Andrew started his career in sports with Mandalay Entertainment Group, where he led sponsorship sales for a baseball club Mandalay owned near Dallas, TX. In that role, Andrew led strategic relationships with publishers, platforms, and retailers. He conceived and delivered Ticketmaster's marquee channel partnership with Facebook, which is driving over $100M in GTV today.

Before Greenfly, Andrew led strategic partnerships and business development for Live Nation's Ticketmaster. He is the author of two collections of poetry - Crush (Yale University Press, 2005), which won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition in 2004 and War of the Foxes, which was released from Copper Canyon Press in 2015. Andrew joined as the first business hire in 2015 and developed Greenfly's go-to-market strategy, built its revenue operation and sales teams, and secured recurring revenue partnerships with major brands, retailers, sports leagues, and entertainment companies. Richard Siken is a gay American poet, painter, and filmmaker. Prior to Crush, Andrew led business development and sales at Greenfly, a venture-backed SaaS platform based in Santa Monica, where he oversaw the company's growth from pre-revenue to $5M ARR and through two rounds of funding. Andrew is an accomplished business development executive, who has driven B2B revenue growth and partnerships at the intersection of technology, brands, and content. Andrew Kahn currently serves as Head of Crush Ventures, a division of Crush Music Management.

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