About
Veteran entrepreneur and former Infantry Platoon Leader with West Point and Harvard Business School credentials. He has co-founded and scaled multiple companies with successful exits, including BestReviews and ASR Group Holdings.
Experience
- Dynamism CapitalPartnercurrent2022 — presentUnited States
- Various CompaniesAdvisor / board member / investorcurrent2016 — presentLas Vegas Metropolitan Area
- Harvard Business SchoolAdvisorcurrent2015 — present
- AdVon CommerceCo Foundercurrent2019 — presentUnited States
- DistrictFounding Membercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- TrueworkAdvisor2018 — 2025
- Operators GuildMember2018 — 2022Various
- BestReviewsCo Founder / Advisor2019 — 2021
- BestReviewsCo Founder and COO (Chief Operations Officer)2015 — 2019Las Vegas Metropolitan Area
- BestReviewsAdvisor - Co Founder2014 — 2015
- LinkedInMarketing Solutions Account Executive2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Harvard Innovation LabVIP (Summer Fellow)2014Greater Boston
- Harvard Business SchoolStudent2012 — 2014Greater Boston
- RallyPoint Networks, Inc.Research Associate2013Greater Boston
- LinkedInMBA Intern - Marketing Solutions Business Segment2013SF Bay Area
- Compass North AdvisorsSummer Analyst, Equities Research2012San Francisco Bay Area
- Tesla MotorsSupply Chain2011 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
- US Army Corps of EngineersSpecial Assistant and Aide-de-Camp, South Pacific Division Command2010 — 2011San Francisco Bay Area
- UBS Investment BankSummer Analyst, Leveraged Finance2011New York City Metropolitan Area
- US ArmyPlatoon Leader and Executive Officer, 25th Infantry2007 — 2010Hawaii, Iraq, Kuwait
- Various small businessesCo-Founder, Founder, General Manager1990 — 2003Charlotte Metro
Skills & more
Program Management72Start-ups53Team Building38Entrepreneurship33Operational Planning31Business Development23Leadership Development17Project Management18Organizational Leadership14Business Planning6Early-stage Startups4Linkedin Marketing3
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Strategic PartnershipsConsultingBusiness StrategyMarketingE-commerceProduct ManagementMergers & AcquisitionsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)LeadershipStrategyManagementFrom Ben's professional profile.
Colleagues at Context Ventures
Beau Higgins
VP (OPlign), Senior Client Partner (The Military Veteran) at Context Ventures
Camden Snowden
Associate at Context Ventures
Carina Cho
Associate at Context Ventures
Helen King
Chief of Staff at Context Ventures
LeSean Brown
Associate at Context Ventures
Mike Steadman
Founder, Coach, USNA '10 — writing, coaching, and designing categories for underdog military veteran founders and CEOs
Tim Hsia
Founder at Context Ventures
Warren Cheng
Venture Partner at Context Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Ben Faw?
- Veteran entrepreneur and former Infantry Platoon Leader with West Point and Harvard Business School credentials. He has co-founded and scaled multiple companies with successful exits, including BestReviews and ASR Group Holdings.
- Where does Ben Faw work?
- Ben Faw is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Context Ventures.
- Where did Ben Faw go to school?
- Ben Faw studied at Harvard Business School (MBA); United States Army Ranger School (Ranger Tab); United States Military Academy at West Point (Bachelor of Science (BS), Economics).
Same school
Also attended Harvard Business School2,000
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Also attended United States Military Academy at West Point81
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Shared employers
Also worked at District10
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Also worked at LinkedIn197
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