The Wild Story Behind Joshua Tree’s First New Hotel in a Decade: Meet Ben Uyeda of the RESET Hotel

Some people chase opportunities. Ben Uyeda manufactures them from thin air. He’s the kind of mind who can turn a single YouTube video into a global audience, a shipping container into a home, and an empty stretch of desert into a 65-room design-forward hotel. His career isn’t a straight line — it’s a series of bold leaps, each one bigger and riskier than the last. Today, I’m joined by Ben — a man who defies simple titles. He’s an architect who never got licensed… yet co-founded an award-winning design firm. A YouTube creator who has racked up millions of v...