San Francisco, US · Partner
Ben Casnocha
The firm
Village GlobalVC firm · CA43cheques in 12 months292all time2ledRounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $13.8M
- Active
- 2015
- SegoviaVenture$13.8MUSJoined · +3 investors · historical
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Their books
The Start-up of You
Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha · 2012
On 23 reading lists at Open Library
About the book
A blueprint for thriving in your job and building a career by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley's most innovative entrepreneurs. The career escalator is jammed. Unemployment is sky-high. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. Global competition for jobs is fierce.…
My Start-Up Life: What a (Very) Young CEO Learned on His Journey Through Silicon Valley
Ben Casnocha · 2007
3.63 from 203 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
Ben Casnocha discovered he was entrepreneur at age 12 and hasn't slowed down since. In this remarkably instructive book, Ben dissects the entrepreneurship "gene," explaining that everyone has inherited it if they have an idea to make the world a better place. In Casnocha's case,…
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Auren Hoffman and Ben Casnocha on Career Strategy, Undiscovered Talent, Networks, and more
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsAuren HoffmanFlex Capital
About this episode
Auren Hoffman, CEO of SafeGraph and GP of Flex Capital, interviewed Ben Casnocha, Village Global co-founder and partner, on Auren's World of DaaS podcast. They are longtime friends and had a wide-ranging discussion on career strategy, evaluating founders, serendipity, wealth, and much more. We've… More on the show's page
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#50 - Redefining venture capital: Ben Casnocha, Village Global
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsGreylockReid Hoffman
About this episode
Ben Casnocha was practically born an entrepreneur. In his teenage years, he started and scaled a couple of companies, before becoming Chief of Staff at LinkedIn and Greylock , both founded by Reid Hoffman. From this partnership, two books were born, co-authored by Ben and Reid, including New York…
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Ben Casnocha on his learnings from working with Reid Hoffman, building network incentives, and the art of portfolio construction.
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsReid HoffmanBill GatesChris YehGreylockJeff BezosMark Zuckerberg
About this episode
Follow me @samirkaji for my (usually) daily thoughts on the world of venture capital. We’re pleased to provide this week’s episode with Ben Casnocha, founding partner of Village Globa l. Prior to Village, Ben was an entrepreneur and also acted as Chief of Staff at LinkedIn and Greylock working… More on the show's page
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245. Backing from Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Gates; Lessons from Reid Hoffman; and Building a Network-centric Venture Firm (Ben Casnocha)
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsReid Hoffman
About this episode
Ben Casnocha of Village Global joins Nick to discuss Backing from Bezos, Zuckerberg, and Gates; Lessons from Reid Hoffman; and Building a Network-centric Venture Firm. In this episode, we cover: - How have things changed for the firm since the pandemic broke? - You've raised from some very big… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageLive Episode: Lessons on Leadership and Being a Better CEO with John Donahoe and Ben Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsBrian CheskyDrew HoustonBen Silbermann
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We were thrilled to host a Masterclass roundtable session with our founders and John Donahoe (@Donahoe_John), CEO of ServiceNow. Prior to ServiceNow, John was CEO of eBay for more than seven years. He is known as one of the most inspirational leaders in Silicon Valley and is a highly sought-after… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageLive Episode: Lean Startup Lessons For Founders with Eric Ries and Ben Casnocha
WithBen Casnocha
Their bookThe Start-up of You
MentionsEric Ries
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Eric Ries (@ericries) recently joined Village Global co-founder and partner Ben Casnocha (@bencasnocha) in San Francisco to chat with some of the founders of our portfolio companies. Eric is a Village Global LP, friend of the firm, and author of The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use… More on the show's page
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Zynga's Founder on Failure, Founder Mode, and What AI Still Can't Do | Mark Pincus (Zynga)
MentionsMark PincusBen Casnocha
About this episode
Mark Pincus is the founder of Zynga and a Village Global Luminary LP. He took Zynga public after starting it as a social poker game for Facebook, and it was his fourth company, after earlier ventures that included Tribe.net , one of the first social networks. Ben Casnocha, co-founder of Village… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageBuilding the Company Behind 1 Million Therapy Visits a Month | Jake Cooper (Grow Therapy)
WithJake Cooper
MentionsBen Casnocha
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JakeCooper is co-founder and CEO of Grow Therapy, a technology platform that helps mental health providers launch and scale independent, insurance-accepted practices. Since starting the company in the middle of COVID, Jake and his co-founders have scaled Grow Therapy to around a million patient… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's page[Highlight] Shishir Mehrotra on Big Tech vs. Startup Careers and Building a World-Class Hiring Process
MentionsShishir MehrotraGoogleBen Casnocha
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This is a short excerpt from our full conversation with Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Superhuman (formerly Grammarly), and Village Global's Ben Casnocha. Shishir and Ben discuss the "Silicon Valley Inc. vs. Google Inc." framework for understanding career tradeoffs, when recruitment firms add value vs.… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThe Future of Work with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Reid Hoffman
MentionsEric YuanReid HoffmanBen Casnocha
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Eric Yuan is the founder and CEO of Zoom. Reid Hoffman is the co-founder of LinkedIn. Both are luminary LPs at Village Global. They joined Village GP Ben Casnocha to discuss the future of AI agents, digital twins in the workplace, selling AI to enterprise, and what it takes to build companies that… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageScaling in the AI Era with PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada
WithJennifer Tejada
MentionsBen Casnocha
About this episode
Jennifer Tejada is CEO of PagerDuty, a public company serving 30,000+ customers worldwide. She joined Village Global GP Ben Casnocha for a masterclass on scaling in the AI era, followed by live feedback sessions with four founders building AI-native companies. Takeaways: Enterprise sentiment has… More on the show's page
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