Hello! I'm Harry.

I'm a software engineer turned entrepreneur. I got into computers young, from my father. I'd watch him assemble one, part by part, then switch it on. It was pure magic.

At university I was torn between studying animation or computer science. I chose computer science because, in the end, I just loved computers.

Somewhere in a fairly rubbish placement year I discovered I loved the actual craft of programming. Going from nothing to something other people use, something that solves their problems — it is pure magic.

That love of building led me to Winton, a hedge fund, which wasn't my cup of tea. The main takeaway: I wanted to build things with real world impact. That realisation pushed me to pursue my own path: Forward Digital, started with my best friend from university. We scaled it to £20k monthly revenue, consulted for the UK government, and it took us from rainy Sheffield to sunny San Francisco.

Around the same time I met my other co-founder, completely by accident. He messaged me asking if I'd build an MVP for an idea he had. I said yes, and by the end of it we decided to build something together properly. It wasn't until I moved to Berlin, on a complete whim, that things clicked. I learned what it's like to be an immigrant who struggles with the language, and that's why Lingly exists. We help thousands of immigrants across the UK improve their English.

I'm back in London for the moment. I dream of living in the Cambrian Mountains. One of these days.