Ben Casnocha
Ben Casnocha
Benedict T. Casnocha is an American writer and entrepreneur, based out of San Francisco, California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
goal long limits
Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.
thumbs skeptical
Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.
writing odds hearing
I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?
book reading talking
Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.
doe citing decrease
If frequency with which you cite an education credential does not decrease over the course of your life, you’re not accomplishing very much.
want normal
I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.
broads range interest
I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.
basketball school three-things
I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.
writing entrepreneur diaries
I've always loved to write, and I kept a diary of what I thought about my business, being an entrepreneur and other things of interest to me.
teenager sometimes distinction
Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.
men talking giving
Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.
ideas argument metaphor
If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.
school years class
It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.
dots maps bigs
I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.