Kate Sieker with yesAZ and Phoenix Startup Week
PHX Startup Week is a grassroots event led by #yesphx community members and facilitated by the yesAZ foundation. Organizers and speakers contribute on a volunteer basis, and all revenue from ticket purchases and sponsorships goes directly to hosting the event.
PHX Startup Week began in 2014 and quickly became Arizona’s largest entrepreneurial event. The week is packed with informative, inspirational speaker sessions and limitless networking opportunities for startup founders, teams, investors, and supporters.
Our goal is to collaboratively accelerate Phoenix’s diverse entrepreneurial hub and ensure all innovation and ideas thrive by bringing voices from all corners of the metro together to connect, learn, accelerate and empower.
Kate Sieker is passionate about people, building companies & communities and inspiring others to harness their unique strengths and potential, both in and out of the office. She has been working with startups since 2005 and has served as the Head of Talent and People for companies based in Silicon Valley, Boston, Austin, Denver, New York and Phoenix.
She prides herself in building and shaping companies through culture, developing and enhancing programs that empower people, building authentic teams and coaching new managers/founders as their businesses scale and grow.
Along those same lines, Kate lends her time and talent to supporting many local nonprofit and community organizations or entrepreneurs. She is the Executive Director of yesAZ and PHX Startup Week.
Outside of her work, she is happily married to a local entrepreneur and the proud mother of a 2-year-old and 9-year-old who serve as a constant reminder of the importance of inspiring the next generations of future leaders and innovators and celebrating the daily joys of life.
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