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Najeeb Khan

Author, Entrepreneur & Innovation Strategist

Najeeb Khan is an author of the instant best-seller Fluid: How Culture, Hidden Opportunities, and Flatter Structures Lead to Profitable Innovation. He's an entreprenuer and Innovation Stategist at BigCreate.

Najeeb is also a social entrepreneur using technology and lean business methods to promote social and community engagement. The concept of “1FOR,” the root word for an exchange that gives back, is the guiding principle behind the 1FORhunger, a social impact enterprise Najeeb founded and runs. 1FORhunger brings together citizens, restaurants and charities to solve one of humanity’s greatest challenges: hunger and food security.

Najeeb’s work has been featured widely in the press with features in publications including Forbes, OMNI News, InsideToronto, Scarborough Observer, and RogersTV. Najeeb is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs Ontario and is recognized by American Express and Ashoka as one of the 45 “2014 Emerging Innovators,” across Canada, the United States and Mexico.

Najeeb is the Co-founder and Director of both Toronto Bangladeshi Sports Organization, an organization bringing together the Bengali Youth community in Toronto, and Chaara Fund Foundation, a donor-advised foundation in Canada. He was also an executive for Young Bangladeshi Canadian Professionals and an organizer for TEDxGTA. He lives in Toronto, Canada.