Primary Job Title Co-Founder, CEO Primary Organization 
PressFriendly
Location San Francisco, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US Gender Male
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Joel Andren grew up wanting to be a reporter for the New York Times and was editor of his college newspaper. He was finally dissuaded from being a reporter by writing more than 100 obituaries during a stint as a summer intern at the Times-Herald in Norristown, PA. After receiving an MA in Communication with a PR focus, Joel worked at the
third-largest PR firm in Seattle. Joel has worked at numerous early-stage startups and was a co-founder at Bitcasa. Most recently, Joel was Head of Marketing for YCombinator company HelloSign, where he worked with his current co-founder, Paul Denya.
