Ben Casnocha

Who is Ben Casnocha?

Benedict T. Casnocha is an American writer and entrepreneur, based out of San Francisco, California.

Casnocha is founder of Comcate, an e-government technology firm, and the author of two books, including the New York Times bestseller The Start-Up of You.

He is a keynote speaker at many business events and conventions. He has appeared on The Charlie Rose Show and is a commentator on NPR’s Marketplace and in Newsweek. He has also written for the American Enterprise Institute and the U.S. State Department. Casnocha is also an advisor to venture capital firm Wasabi Ventures and a mentor at startup incubator TechStars.

In 2006, BusinessWeek named Casnocha one of America's best young entrepreneurs. Politics Online named him one of the "25 most influential people in the world of internet and politics."

Casnocha maintains an active blog, on which he has written over one million words. The Silicon Valley Business Journal called it one of the "Top 25 Blogs in Silicon Valley" and the San Francisco Chronicle called it a "thoughtful meditation on life." He is also a founding member of the Silicon Valley Junto.

Tyler Cowen, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, has said of Ben, “I will bet my reputation as a judge of talent that Ben will be a future star of some kind. He is already a star.”