Ben Fisher 🏴☠️
About Ben Fisher 🏴☠️
Ben Fisher is a member at Hampton and founder of Rodeo, with a history of co-founding and leading various tech companies, including CartHook and Alchemy.
Title and Current Positions
Ben Fisher is currently a Member at Hampton and the Founder of Rodeo. His tenure at Hampton began in 2024. Ben's role at Rodeo started in 2021 in New York, New York, United States.
Professional Background and Previous Roles
Ben Fisher has a diverse professional background with experience spanning multiple companies and roles. He co-founded 1-Click Pony and served from 2019 to 2021. From 2015 to 2022, Ben co-founded CartHook and was instrumental in its success. He also served as CTO and Head of Product at CartHook from 2015 to 2018. Earlier, Ben co-founded and was CEO of Alchemy from 2011 to 2013 in New York, NY. Between 2010 and 2011, he was a co-founder at Lean Startup Machine. He also founded and was CTO of Urban Pre-game from 2009 to 2010 in New York, NY. Adding to his experience, Ben was a Fractional CTO & Shopify Expert at SKINNY&bald from 2009 to 2021 in New York, NY, and worked as a creative technologist at Crispin for three months in 2007 in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
Education and Academic Background
Ben Fisher pursued his higher education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He majored in Advertising, minored in Entrepreneurship, and achieved a Bachelor's degree from 2004 to 2008. During his time at the university, Ben was actively involved with the UNC Ad Club, serving as President from 2006 to 2008 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Entrepreneurial Achievements
Throughout his career, Ben Fisher has pioneered and developed significant products and solutions. At Rodeo, he developed a conversion rate optimization product that evolved into a core offering. He was also instrumental in creating one of the first native Shopify subscription apps and integrating post-purchase upsells into the Shopify ecosystem. These innovations have significantly enhanced Shopify's capabilities. Additionally, Ben played a key role in the acquisition of CartHook by Pantastic in 2022, contributing to CartHook's capability to process over $1 billion in gross merchandise volume.