“Farhan is one of the best people managers I have had the pleasure of working with and I feel lucky having had the opportunity to do so. He excels at talent management and has an unquenchable and infectious thirst for knowledge and continuous improvement. Farhan provides humble but strong leadership and prefers "demo over memo," giving his reports the autonomy to explore innovations and potential business opportunities while keeping focused on immediate goals. I don't hesitate to recommend Farhan to anyone looking for top talent.”
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* Autonomic — Acquired
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Connecting our founders to incredible people is at the heart of what we do. Whether it be investors, seasoned operators, or other founders, we know…
Connecting our founders to incredible people is at the heart of what we do. Whether it be investors, seasoned operators, or other founders, we know…
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🚀 Dropped our latest #ShopifyEditions this week with 150+ new products, features, and upgrades under the theme "Unified." When merchants and devs…
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I attended my first Shopify Summit back in Feb. 2020. It was the most amazing production I had ever seen. Since that day, I’d always dreamed of being…
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Turn a computer geek into a billionaire: Farhan Thawar
At 36-years-old, the VP of Engineering at Toronto tech firm Xtreme Labs Inc. is positively ancient by industry standards. Most of the rising stars in the app-development world are fresh out of college (U of T or Waterloo, for the most part), and don’t remember a time where the answer to most questions wasn’t as simple as “Google it.” It’s for these inter-preneurs that Thawar heads up Extreme University, a summer program where would-be…Turn a computer geek into a billionaire: Farhan Thawar
At 36-years-old, the VP of Engineering at Toronto tech firm Xtreme Labs Inc. is positively ancient by industry standards. Most of the rising stars in the app-development world are fresh out of college (U of T or Waterloo, for the most part), and don’t remember a time where the answer to most questions wasn’t as simple as “Google it.” It’s for these inter-preneurs that Thawar heads up Extreme University, a summer program where would-be Mark Zuckerbergs are given 12 weeks, free office space and as much as $20,000 to turn their app idea into a reality. ExtremeU students also benefit from regular consultation with Thawar, as well as weekly guest lectures from industry celebs whose names you wouldn’t recognize because, let’s face it, they’re computer geeks. The program can be extremely profitable: in 2009, ExtremeU helped launch UKEN Games, a start-up that now has over 400,000 iPhone users.
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