On meeting Amy O’Rourke on the campaign trail.

After conversations with dozens of comics at open mics and comedy shows around town, here’s what I’ve learned about why the Austin comedy scene has exploded over the past two years.

After spending seven years running a software company, here’s why I’d rather create a t-shirt brand at this stage of my career.

After Zcruit’s acquisition, I transformed from a scrappy startup founder to one that spent luxuriously to expedite growth. But now that I’m starting new projects, I need to relearn how to be scrappy — and to shake off the ensuing discomfort of moving slower and producing lower quality work.

Introducing my self-directed master’s program, where I’ll embark on a slew of six-week-long projects with a deliverable due at the end of each.

Social media isn’t doing a great job at helping me stay connected with the people that I care about. So, I’m starting a newsletter called ‘What a Month! It’s Ben’ to share life updates and help me better keep in touch.

This is my story of starting and selling my startup, and what I learned from ceding control of the business that I had no intention of ever leaving.