Ben Casnocha — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-founder and partner at venture capital firm Village Global.
Authored three books, including the New York Times bestseller The Start-Up of You.
Founded Comcate Inc., an e-government technology firm, at age 14.
Co-authored The Start-Up of You (2012) and The Alliance (2014) with Reid Hoffman.

Biography

Ben Casnocha is an American author, entrepreneur, and investor based in San Francisco, California. He is a co-founder and partner at the venture capital firm Village Global. Casnocha founded Comcate Inc., an e-government technology firm, at the age of 14.

He is the author of three books, including the New York Times bestseller The Start-Up of You, co-authored with Reid Hoffman. His other works include My Start-Up Life (2007) and The Alliance (2014), also co-authored with Hoffman and Chris Yeh.