Ben is a General Partner at Village Global. He's a serial tech entrepreneur who started his first enterprise software business at age 14. Ben is co-author with Reid Hoffman of two New York Times bestsellers: The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age and The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career. Before co-founding Village Global in 2017, he spent two years at LinkedIn and Greylock Partners. A San Francisco native, he has spoken to tens of thousands of entrepreneurs across 60+ countries.
When I was 12 years old, a schoolteacher made me memorize Apple Computer’s “Think Different” television advertisement, and ever since, I’ve identified as an entrepreneur. I love challenging the status quo. I love invention. I’ve also always loved writing. Writing is uniquely intellectually stimulating to me. Writing and entrepreneurship — sometimes writing about entrepreneurship! — are the common threads in my career so far.
Building high trust, long term relationships with other humans.
Depends on the topic! The Blank Slate about human nature. The Mind Illuminated or Why Buddhism Is True about meditation. Zadie Smith or Rachel Cusk for fiction. I’ve reviewed a lot of other books on my blog.
I love to read, travel, play with my dog Oreo, and scuba dive.
