EP 35 - WARD HENDON

Ward Hendon is an investor, teacher, and entrepreneur whose career has followed a deliberately unconventional path. He began in legal practice before founding and exiting a pioneering tech-enabled legal services company, then shifted into teaching MBA students, law students, and incarcerated individuals. Along the way, Ward has invested in emerging businesses, served on boards, and mentored entrepreneurs and CEOs navigating growth and transition.

Ward is a Partner at Dangerous Ventures, where he backs companies building a more sustainable and resilient future. The firm is rooted in the belief that the world’s most existential challenges represent an opportunity to build the next generation of enduring businesses—ones that empower both people and planet to thrive.

His work has led him to a place of thoughtful contradiction—deeply hopeful about what’s possible, while holding real concern for the future of our planet and the people on it. Today, Ward is involved in a small but intentional ecosystem focused on accelerating technology and business-model solutions to critical social and environmental challenges. While he doesn’t believe business or technology alone will solve these problems, he sees them as powerful tools for sustaining habitability—and as vehicles for meaningful collaboration, learning, and impact.

Outside of work, Ward is happiest outdoors, usually with kids in tow, a backpack on his shoulders, and the essential ingredients for a proper campfire: sticks, marshmallows, graham crackers, and plenty of chocolate.