Meet Otto Sabina | Creative Entrepreneur

We had the good fortune of connecting with Otto Sabina and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Otto, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
Growing up I was always enamored with design, fashion, and the streetwear world’s. In particular, the cross pollination from discipline to discipline was really interesting. 

In college, I had an opportunity to intern with Jiberish, a Denver based brand. I have Chronic Lymes Disease along with several Co-infections and have been using Cannabis for medicinal purposes since contracting the virus’s. As I finished college, I started working in the cannabis industry with an edible company called Blue Kudu, at the same time I was working weekend’s at a local sneaker boutique called Fice Gallery. During this time, I started to look for points of contact between the cannabis space and the streetwear world. I ultimately joined a startup venture helping a friend from college build a concentrate company called Kushmasters. 

During my time at Kushmasters, I started to have a clearer picture of avenues to create a business which collided my interest’s in an attempt to build something unique. In May 2020 I opened Pandect LLC, a multi-faceted brand which offers consulting and product development services. It has been an exciting year, I have a lot of projects in the pipeline and am very excited to continue to roll out this vision.


Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?

The word Pandect comes from a project called the Pandactae, a 50 volume compendium of Roman Civil Law and Culture commissioned in 6th century Rome by the Emperor at the time, Justinian. The idea of the Pandectae was that it was an attempt at creating a “total” sense of knowledge in a digestible, presentable manner which allowed its readers to build off of the total sense of knowledge in a streamlined way.

Pandect does something similar, it is a summation of experience and knowledge across disciplines to create products, in the form of strategies and systems which allow our clients to reach their business goals in a streamlined, cost effective manner.

There were countless obstacles and very real impediments in the road to this point. I believe success is failure turned inside out. We all have our own gift we are supposed to give to the world, but sometimes we get in our own way and lose sight of our true gift.

A very wise person once told me obstacles are detours in the right direction. The more I have embraced the uncertainty and tuned up and into myself the more success I create.


Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?

I love the mountains, they are why I initially moved to CO in 2012 and have stayed. In the winter, I coach in the freestyle mogul program up at Winter Park, it’s always a must I take my friends up there for a visit.

In Denver, Steadbrook is a local boutique I frequent, Adult.Ent is a local Denver based brand I love. It’s A Bodega is a local supplier of imported exotic, rare foreign snacks and drinks I stop by regularly. All are absolutely a must see for anyone visiting the city.

For nightlife, Meadowlark Bar is a go too, food wise Work N Class and Temaki Den are two of my favorite spots to grab a bite. If you are looking to checkout a cool shop that is not nestled in the clothing world, Modern Nomad is a must see.


Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would not be the person I am, or have the immense opportunities I have had without the love, support and mentorship of my mother, Jean Bender and Grandfather Mathew Bender IV. 

My Mom is my rock, she’s been solid through and through, without her I would be in a very different place. She just opened a must see home goods store in Walla Walla, Washington called The Walla Walla General Store.

My grandfather passed away last spring, I think about him, his teachings, feel his spirit and energy often. I love you Grandpa, better believe I am running it up in your honor every day.

Instagram: @_pandect_

Image Credits
Brock Fetch