Ben Rollert's guest appearances

Ben Rollert

The Meb Faber Show

Just Raised

Not Boring

Fintech Underground by Alpaca 

The Deep End

OwlTail

Templates! Great trading strategies can get lost in a sea of spreadsheets and complicated code. Composer makes it easy for traders, with a building block system that can be endlessly customized.Even the most experienced retail investors can get frustrated with the endless amounts of coding and paperwork that comes with creating trade strategies. As investing becomes more complex, having access to a library of tried and tested strategy templates is invaluable.Joe gets into conversation with Ben and Ananda, who believe, in Composer, they’ve created a product that’s both powerful and flexible. You’ll find out why Composer has layers, making it both approachable and highly customizable, and why you can be irreverent but still be smart with your product.You’ll also hear how Sub-Reddits are setting the tone, Ben’s lightbulb moment, and how they’re planning on taking over the industry.And if you’re ambitious to grow your business, you need MarketerHire. Using advanced AI tech and a thorough vetting process MarketerHire will match your business with a top-tier marketer and they’ll do it quickly. Get signed up today and find your marketing professional at marketerhire.comFollow Ben:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/benrollertTwitter :twitter.com/benrollert Follow Ananda:LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anandaaisolaCheck out the Just Raised newsletter: https://bit.ly/3Ghj2tYStay up-to-date on all things Just Raised: https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter: twitter.com/JoeySweeny And if you’re a fan of Acquired, Invest Like The Best, Business Breakdowns or 20VC, you’ll love Just Raised

Templates! Great trading strategies can get lost in a sea of spreadsheets and complicated code. Composer makes it easy for traders, with a building block system that can be endlessly customized.Even the most experienced retail investors can get frustrated with the endless amounts of coding and paperwork that comes with creating trade strategies. As investing becomes more complex, having access to a library of tried and tested strategy templates is invaluable.Joe gets into conversation with Ben and Ananda, who believe, in Composer, they’ve created a product that’s both powerful and flexible. You’ll find out why Composer has layers, making it both approachable and highly customizable, and why you can be irreverent but still be smart with your product. You’ll also hear how Sub-Reddits are setting the tone, Ben’s lightbulb moment, and how they’re planning on taking over the industry. And if you’re ambitious to grow your business, you need MarketerHire. Using advanced AI tech and a thorough vetting process MarketerHire will match your business with a top-tier marketer and they’ll do it quickly. Get signed up today and find your marketing professional at <a href="http://marketerhire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">marketerhire.com</a> Follow Ben:LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrollert" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/benrollert</a>Twitter :<a href="https://twitter.com/benrollert" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/benrollert</a> Follow Ananda:LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anandaaisola" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/anandaaisola</a> Check out the Just Raised newsletter: <a href="https://bit.ly/3Ghj2tY" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3Ghj2tY</a> Stay up-to-date on all things Just Raised: <a href="https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://workweek.com/brand/just-raised/ </a>or follow Joe Sweeny on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeySweeny" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/JoeySweeny</a> And if you’re a fan of Acquired, Invest Like The Best, Business Breakdowns or 20VC, you’ll love Just Raised

S2 Ep2: Composer: How to Templatize Trading With Ben Rollert and Ananda Aisola

Today’s guest is Ben Rollert, co-founder &amp; CEO of Composer, a platform for investing in and building quantitative investment strategies for free in an easy to use, no-code solution. In today’s episode, Ben shares what led him to start a new company in the midst of COVID mania in April 2020. He shares an overview of Composer and the different trading strategies they give you access to, including ones by the likes of Swensen, Dalio, Buffet, Markowitz, and yes, even me. We touch on how ease of mixing and matching some of these strategies, who the early users have been, and what future expansion into things like crypto and options may look like.  As we wind down, we talk about his fundraising journey and what it was like to get investments from firms like First Round, Not Boring, Basecamp and Draft Ventures. ----- Follow Meb on Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp, Richard Thaler, Jeremy Grantham, Joel Greenblatt, Campbell Harvey, Ivy Zelman, Kathryn Kaminski, Jason Calacanis, Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran, Howard Marks, Tom Barton, and many more.  ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here! 

Today’s guest is <a href="https://twitter.com/benrollert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Rollert</a>, co-founder &amp; CEO of <a href="https://cmpsr.co/meb" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Composer</a>, a platform for investing in and building quantitative investment strategies for free in an easy to use, no-code solution. In today’s episode, Ben shares what led him to start a new company in the midst of COVID mania in April 2020. He shares an overview of Composer and the different trading strategies they give you access to, including ones by the likes of Swensen, Dalio, Buffet, Markowitz, and yes, even me. We touch on how ease of mixing and matching some of these strategies, who the early users have been, and what future expansion into things like crypto and options may look like.  As we wind down, we talk about his fundraising journey and what it was like to get investments from firms like First Round, Not Boring, Basecamp and Draft Ventures. ----- Follow Meb on <a href="https://twitter.com/MebFaber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mebanefaber/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKvWzzrVUA_DSCoKXL6GU2w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a> For detailed show notes, click <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2022/04/25/e409-ben-rollert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our <a href="https://theideafarm.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=6750faf5c6091bc898da154ff&amp;id=7249739cdb" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">mailing list</a> or visit us at <a href="http://www.cambriainvestments.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cambriainvestments.com</a> ----- Past guests include <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2017/02/08/10017/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed Thorp</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2021/08/04/e337-richard-thaler/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Richard Thaler</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2021/02/08/episode-286-jeremy-grantham-gmo-what-day-is-the-highest-level-of-optimism-its-the-day-the-market-hits-the-peak/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeremy Grantham</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2020/10/28/episode-260-joel-greenblatt-gotham-asset-management-nine-out-of-ten-families-in-the-top-fifth-of-the-income-chain-have-retirement-savings-nine-in-ten-in-the-bottom-fifth-have-none/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Greenblatt</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2019/08/28/episode-172-cam-harvey-this-is-a-time-of-considerable-risk-of-a-drawdown/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Campbell Harvey</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2022/03/30/403-ivy-zelman/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ivy Zelman</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2021/05/12/e310-kathryn-kaminski/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kathryn Kaminski</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2017/08/30/episode-69-jason-calacanis-little-secret-way-dark-art-becoming-truly-wealthy-massive-wealth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jason Calacanis</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2022/01/31/e387-whitney-baker/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Whitney Baker,</a> <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2019/05/10/episode-155-aswath-damodaran-they-uber-and-the-ride-sharing-companies-collectively-have-disrupted-this-businessthats-the-good-news-the-bad-news-is-i-dont-thin/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aswath Damodaran</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2018/10/03/episode-124-howard-marks-its-not-what-you-buy-its-what-you-pay-for-it-that-determines-whether-something-is-a-good-investment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Howard Marks</a>, <a href="https://mebfaber.com/2018/10/10/episode-125-tom-barton-the-biggest-problem-investors-have-is-things-changeand-they-dont-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom Barton</a>, and many more.  ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out <a href="https://mebfaber.com/mebs-deals/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>!

#409 – Meb’s Corner – Ben Rollert, Composer – Democratizing Access To Quantitative Investment Strategies

Ben Rollert is the co-founder and CEO of Composer. Composed is an automated trading platform that allows users to build hedge-fund like strategies with a no-code visual editor. Ben and Packy first met while working together at Breather over 6 years ago, where Ben established himself as "the smartest person Packy has ever met." Composer aims to bring modern software thinking to asset management -- users can create, remix, and share their investing strategies. Ben believes the lines between retail and institutional investors are going to continue to blur, as companies like Composer democratize access to sophisticated tools previously only available to hedge funds. Finally, Ben shares his thoughts on how Composer creators can monetize their trading strategies -- and why that differs from traditional copy trading. Composer was the first investment Packy made out of the Not Boring Syndicate, and to date, it's made him look smart. Following Packy's investment, First Round came in to back Ben and the Composer team, and Composer's found product-market fit early.   SPONSOR Season 2 of Not Boring Founders is sponsored by FTX US. You may know FTX because of its innovations in crypto derivatives or its ultra-rich &amp; altruistic founder, SBF -- but what you may not know is that the FTX App is available in the US for all crypto traders...and that it's the cheapest exchange out there, with no minimum, ACH, or withdrawal fees. The company is moving fast and now offers crypto trading (Bitcoin, Eth, Sol, Doge, ect) and supports NFTs -- and is releasing new products seemingly every month. Download the FTX App today, invest $10 and get a free coin from FTX in exchange. Use this download link and enter code "notboring" when you sign up to redeem the offer.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notboring/message

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrollert/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Rollert</a> is the co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.composer.trade/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Composer</a>. Composed is an automated trading platform that allows users to build hedge-fund like strategies with a no-code visual editor. Ben and Packy first met while working together at Breather over 6 years ago, where Ben established himself as "the smartest person Packy has ever met." Composer aims to bring modern software thinking to asset management -- users can create, remix, and share their investing strategies. Ben believes the lines between retail and institutional investors are going to continue to blur, as companies like Composer democratize access to sophisticated tools previously only available to hedge funds. Finally, Ben shares his thoughts on how Composer creators can monetize their trading strategies -- and why that differs from traditional copy trading. Composer was the first investment Packy made out of the Not Boring Syndicate, and to date, it's made him look smart. Following Packy's investment, First Round came in to back Ben and the Composer team, and Composer's found product-market fit early.   SPONSOR Season 2 of Not Boring Founders is sponsored by FTX US. You may know FTX because of its innovations in crypto derivatives or its ultra-rich &amp; altruistic founder, SBF -- but what you may not know is that the FTX App is available in the US for all crypto traders...and that it's the cheapest exchange out there, with no minimum, ACH, or withdrawal fees. The company is moving fast and now offers crypto trading (Bitcoin, Eth, Sol, Doge, ect) and supports NFTs -- and is releasing new products seemingly every month. Download the FTX App today, invest $10 and get a free coin from FTX in exchange. Use this <a href="https://link.blockfolio.com/9dzp/eefd2d2d" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">download link</a> and enter code "notboring" when you sign up to redeem the offer.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notboring/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/notboring/message</a>

Not Boring Founders: Ben Rollert, Composer

Joining Marshall this week in the Deep End is ODF alum Ben Rollert, CEO and Co-Founder of Composer. Composer allows its users to easily build a portfolio of hedge fund-like strategies.After we ended last year talking about DeFi and other blockchain innovations with cypher, it was refreshing to have a conversation about innovation in traditional finance, particularly in the retail investment space.The rise and sustained success of apps like Robinhood have enabled the manifestation of a legitimate counterculture among retail investors, including those like Ben, who work in finance. In this episode, we discuss that counterculture, the advantages of optionality created by something like Composer, nuance in regulation, and why Ben stays crypto aware even when he’s not a crypto evangelist.This was a good one. If you’d like to learn more about democratizing hedge fund strategy, check out composer.trade or follow Ben on Twitter @Benrollert

Joining Marshall this week in the Deep End is ODF alum Ben Rollert, CEO and Co-Founder of Composer. Composer allows its users to easily build a portfolio of hedge fund-like strategies.After we ended last year talking about DeFi and other blockchain innovations with cypher, it was refreshing to have a conversation about innovation in traditional finance, particularly in the retail investment space.The rise and sustained success of apps like Robinhood have enabled the manifestation of a legitimate counterculture among retail investors, including those like Ben, who work in finance. In this episode, we discuss that counterculture, the advantages of optionality created by something like Composer, nuance in regulation, and why Ben stays crypto aware even when he’s not a crypto evangelist.This was a good one. If you’d like to learn more about democratizing hedge fund strategy, check out composer.trade or follow Ben on Twitter @Benrollert

Democratizing Hedge Funds with Composer's Ben Rollert

In episode #15 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Ben Rollert. As the CEO and Co-founder of Composer, a no-code, visual editing tool for building automated investing strategies, Ben discusses the low-code, no-code phenomenon, what makes Composer different, and the roadmap ahead.

In episode #15 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrollert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ben Rollert</a>. As the CEO and Co-founder of <a href="https://www.investcomposer.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Composer</a>, a no-code, visual editing tool for building automated investing strategies, Ben discusses the low-code, no-code phenomenon, what makes Composer different, and the roadmap ahead.