Ben is an entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience building technology products and the businesses based on them. His experience ranges from the minutia of creating high-quality user experiences to the needs of apps scaling to hundreds of thousands of users. On the business side, he’s developed revenue models, user analytics, sales funnels, and fundraising pitches. As a consultant, Ben has worked with west coast startups, small businesses, and Fortune 50 companies. Ben loves products that create meaningful value, encourage creative experiences, and change our world. As an Expert-in-Residence, Ben helps early-stage energy companies develop products, prepare for raising capital, and grow. Ben is also the co-editor of The Orbital Index, a weekly space technology newsletter curated to be brief and technical with a focus on startups, science, and exploration.