Henry Lachaux
Founder & CEO at GrowthSpace
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolHenry Lachaux is a founder, CEO, and community-first operator with a decade of experience building communities, mentoring startups, and designing growth and product strategies across tech and education. Based in New York, he leads 10 Nexus Global, producing edutainment events, coaching programs, and a podcast to connect founders, builders, and leaders worldwide. His background blends hands-on product and community roles at Nextdoor and Tesla with deep coaching work at GrowthSpace, Thinkful, and Techstars, giving him a rare mix of growth marketing, curriculum design, and leadership development expertise. He mentors for First Round and advises early-stage VCs and university incubators, helping founders scale product-market fit and community-driven growth. A Dean’s Scholar at Oxford who later completed intensive software engineering training, Henry pairs multinational cultural fluency with technical chops and a storyteller’s aptitude as an event MC and talk show host. Notably, his path was shaped by a life-changing scholarship and international upbringing, which fuels his focus on access, mentorship, and building lifelong networks.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Quantic School of Business and TechnologyComputer Science & Advanced Software Engineering, Computer Science & Advanced Software Engineering at Fullstack AcademyEconomics & Political Science, Economics & Political Science at Sciences PoDean's Scholar Philosophy Politics & Economics, Dean's Scholar Philosophy Politics & Economics at University of OxfordInternational Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma, International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)Double Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics French International Relations, Double Bachelor of Arts (BA) Economics French International Relations at Amherst CollegeMBA electives; Computer Science, MBA electives; Computer Science at Stanford University
English, French, Vietnamese
Github Skills (31)
hammerjs10
postmates9
pow9
mean-stack8
animate8
camanjs8
mongoose7
energy6
angular5
mongodb5
firebase5
rails-app5
renewable-energy5
tesla5
javascript4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
henrybv/scty-tesla-lead-form
Jul 2016 - Apr 2018
Contributions:31 commits, 14 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 9 months
node-expressexpress-mongodbleadcsscustomers
henrybv/bloccit
Jun 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:32 commits, 12 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 month
ruby-on-railsrails-appblocrailsruby
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