Current projects

Things I've built, run, and been part of over the years.

Get Good with AI — Ben Keene, Cien Solon & Henry Blanchard
Current Focus

Get Good with AI

An AI school helping regular people and small businesses harness artificial intelligence. We run cohort-based courses teaching practical AI skills for personal productivity and business applications. Now on our ninth cohort with over 1,000 event attendees and hundreds of AI team mates built by our graduates.

My goal is to become one of the UK's leading experts on how everyday people can use AI to unleash their ideas and save time, money, and effort.

University of Staffordshire
Current Role

University of Staffordshire

Entrepreneur in Residence and lecturer on the MSc Entrepreneurship degree. Main modules taught: Value Creation, Company Building, Finance & Accounting, Storytelling & Marketing. Also support across other business programmes at the university.

Uganda Marathon newspaper coverage
(Exited) Founder

The Uganda Marathon

Uganda's largest fundraising event. What started as a conversation with my friend Moses grew into an adventure travel company, NGO, UK charity, and social enterprise with a team of 36 people across three continents.

20,000 runners. Over £2 million raised for good causes. £8.3 million of economic impact generated over 8 years. Selected by Red Bull in their "Best Marathons Around the World" three years running. Exited to local management in Uganda.

Henry speaking at TEDx
Ongoing

Speaking & Workshops

I create and deliver workshops about entrepreneurship, social impact, personal finance, and starting businesses. Working with 30+ UK universities over the past decade, as well as being the EiR on the Santander Awards programme for 4 years — the UK's largest university entrepreneurship fund at the time. Plus businesses like Amazon, HSBC, General Assembly and more. People rave about them.