A Cal Poly Alumn, Ben Larson left the school of engineering to engage in transportation consulting before getting sucked into start-up land. He struggled through a couple of his own startups (and others) finding my passion for creating. helped grow a global startup community with the Founder Institute. Looking for a new challenge he dove into the cannabis industry with the Gateway incubator. He continues to coach and invest in startups inside and outside the cannabis industry. Always looking for a challenge, he’s now taking an additional seat as CEO on the other side of the table for a start-up in the space. He shares insights from each perspective in his monthly column, Startupland.
I think of whitespace as just doing my best to clear out all the thoughts in my head. As an entrepreneur with so much stuff going on, sometimes…
The cannabis industry, by nature, is built upon meaningful innovation. It’s an industry trying to emerge into mainstream society and create…
The Necessity of Both Vision and PragmatismThe world is expected of a business founder. There is a dichotomy in it. You’re constantly…
My phone rings. It’s 11 PM at night.“Ben, I need your help.” I hear on the other end of the line after sneaking into the study to begrudgingly…