About
Conviction
over consensus.
"The best opportunities are the ones where the crowd is wrong and you can prove it. But you have to be willing to wait."
Ben Pickett is an investor, strategist, and speaker based in Salem, Oregon. He founded Pickett Ventures to pursue opportunities at the crossroads of capital, technology, and human behavior, specifically the places where most investors aren't paying close enough attention.
His work spans two decades of building, advising, and investing across multiple industries. He's known for cutting through complexity and finding the core of what actually matters, whether in a business, a market, or a conversation.
When he's not analyzing markets or advising leadership teams, he's on stage delivering the honest picture most people in a room aren't ready to hear. Not the consensus. Not the hype. What's actually coming next.