Founder / Operator / Strategist

Making good ideas work.

I’m Brant Hahn. I bring strategic thinking and hands-on execution together to help move ideas forward.

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01About

A practical lens on what’s next.

I’m a founder and operator at First Light Ventures, with a focus on strategic planning, project management, and business strategy. I’m interested in the space between seeing an opportunity and making it real.

Background

MBA in Entrepreneurship and MS in Finance from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business.

02Focus

Where I spend
my energy.

Thoughtful plans matter most when they turn into useful work.

Strategic planning

Finding the right direction and making priorities clear.

Business strategy

Connecting opportunity, decisions, and long-term value.

Project execution

Turning a strong plan into steady, tangible progress.

03Technical

Architecture / Engineering / AI

Built to work in the real world.

I design and build reliable software systems, and use agentic coding tools to move from an idea to working code with care.

Explore my technical work

04Selected work

Ideas, built in public.

Explore GitHub

Java library 01 / GitHub US Market CalendarA Java library for checking whether a date is a U.S. market trading day. Java client 02 / GitHub IBKR Short Inventory ClientA client for retrieving Interactive Brokers short inventory data.

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05Connect

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