Ben Lachman

Ben Lachman is a technical founder and Silicon Valley entrepreneur based in Ohio, with more than 15 years of experience building technology products and the businesses around them. He co-founded Nice Mohawk, a digital product studio in San Francisco and Athens, Ohio, that makes apps, designs new products and helps companies make smart decisions, and before returning to Ohio he led two successful software companies. His work runs from the details of high-quality user experience to apps scaling to hundreds of thousands of users, and from revenue models and analytics to fundraising pitches. As a coach and consultant he has supported startups coast to coast, advised small businesses, created solutions for Fortune 50 companies and counseled entrepreneurs on software development strategy.

With Andrew Cantino he co-edited The Orbital Index, a concise, technical weekly newsletter on space science, exploration and the space industry. They started it while Ben was working at an early-stage venture firm, published nearly every week for almost seven years, and ended weekly publication with issue 350 in January 2026.

Lachman grew up running through the woods of Southeastern Ohio and poking at computers.