Ben Casnocha

Ben Casnocha is an award-winning entrepreneur, Silicon Valley executive, author, and venture capitalist.

Based out of San Francisco, Casnocha is the co-author, along with LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, of the New York Times bestselling book "The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age," which has become a popular management framework. Casnocha and Hoffman also authored "The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career," together.

Casnocha is also a tech entrepreneur and executive. He founded Comcate, Inc., a leading e-government software company, at age 14 and incubates startups at Wasabi Ventures. He recently served as chief of staff to the Chairman at LinkedIn.

Today Casnocha serves as a partner at Village Global, a venture capital fund that invests in promising entrepreneurs of which he was a cofounder.

BusinessWeek named Casnocha “one of America’s top young entrepreneurs.” He’s been featured on CNN, the CBS Early Show, CNBC, and in The Economist. Human Resources magazine named Casnocha one of the top trendsetters in the talent industry for the year 2015.

Casnocha has led inspiring conversations about the future of work, innovation, globalization, and entrepreneurial thinking with large audiences in more than a dozen countries around the world.