Summary
Nick Barr is an executive coach and product leader with 11+ years of experience helping founders and teams turn ambiguity into aligned, sustainable companies. He combines a decade of startup and nonprofit product leadership—including roles at Khan Academy, cofounding Slash Keyboard, and scaling Hello World’s scholarship platform—with current work advising organizations on AI transformation and strategic roadmaps. Nick is known for creating constraints, measurement, and commitment structures that enable innovation to flourish and for launching delightful products users “never saw coming.” He brings hands-on founder empathy from solo founding and M&A experience, plus practical governance and technology stewardship through board and strategic partner roles. Based in New York, he pairs a BA in English and Cognitive Science with a practitioner’s focus on delivering prototypes and MVPs that unlock funding and de-risk initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
BA, English, Cognitive Science, BA, English, Cognitive Science at University of Pennsylvania