Skillhaus Founder, Chad Balkum, used to live in a 3-bedroom brownstone apartment in Brooklyn with creatives on each floor. Everyone in the building had a different creative skill. When funds were low, they would barter skills to get projects off the ground. In 2022, Chad started working on a mobile app that would allow individuals in similar situations to find others to barter skills with & create new lanes of opportunity without relying on traditional means of currency.

We believe that your dreams shouldn't be deferred due to a lack of income or resources. Our mission is to breathe new life into the various creative entrepreneurial communities around the world by building an eco-system built on hustle & collaboration.

Conceptualized originally as an idea for a mobile app to barter creative skills. Skillhaus now also produces multimedia content, events, panels & community-based workshops.