About
Hi đź‘‹,
Ben, here! I’m the VP of Customer Success at Kibu living in NYC. I’ve worked as an automation engineer, project manager, and solution architect. I also have a fascination with product, edtech, and why tech companies do the things they do.
I made ben-mini
to jot down “mini essays”. A mini essay is a stress-free way for me to record remarkable ideas from blogs, books, podcasts, friends, or my own experience. By forcing me to articulate my thoughts, my goal is for ben-mini
to help me become a better technologist, strategist, and writer.
Oh, and my logo was inspired by the iPhone game Cube Runner, which was perhaps the first “holy shit” tech moment of my life.
AI Disclaimer: All ideas written in my articles are my own unless otherwise stated. Generative AI tools are used occasionally to improve grammar and structure.
Links
Some Projects
- Which NYC Grocery Store Is Cheapest? (YouTube)
- Ben Thompson Stratechery Chatbot (Web App)
- Can Data Make Me a Better Basketball Rebounder? (Youtube)
Some Great Blogs
- Stratechery by Ben Thompson
- Building Slack by Ali Rayl and Johny Rodgers
- Escaping Flatland by Henrik Karlsson
- Crazy Stupid Tech by Om Malik and Fred Vogelstein
Some Great Books
- The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
- Shoe Dog by Phil Knight
- Zero to One by Peter Thiel
- Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler