Lay of The Land

Jeffrey Stern

Telling the stories of entrepreneurship and builders in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio. Every Thursday, Jeffrey Stern helps map the Cleveland/NEO business ecosystem by talking to founders, investors, and community builders to learn what makes Cleveland/NEO special.

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Lay of The Land

Episodes (273)

Thursday #266 Len Pagon — Robots & Pencils
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Lay of The Land

Oct 22, 2026
1½ hours
77 MB

Today I had the pleasure of speaking with Len Pagon, CEO of Robots & Pencils. Len has spent his career building and investing in technology businesses. He founded Brulant in his early 20s, grew it through multiple waves of technological change, later merged it with Rosetta, and then spent the next chapter investing through his family office, Next Sparc. Nearly two decades after leaving the CEO seat, Len found himself back in it at Robots & Pencils to take full advantage of the opportunity AI presents. In our conversation, we explore that return to founder mode, why...

Lay of The Land

#266 Len Pagon — Robots & Pencils

Jeffrey Stern

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