On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2019. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Hassan ↗
In their words
if you work in a regulated industry let's say health care financial services aviation definitely understand the external factors they understand the regulations they are as big of a factor in your product as your customers
the customers don't really care how your part works what they care about is that can you solve the problem and can you communicate the value proposition to them
if you want to build a deep tech company coming back to everyone here definitely think about the industry you spend time in or your friends have spent time in don't try to go into an industry just randomly
Quick answers
Who is Hassan Bhatti?
A Canadian deeptech entrepreneur and co-founder of CryptoNumerics, a Toronto data-privacy company later acquired by Snowflake.
What did he talk about at TechTO?
In January 2019 he shared lessons from a career in deeptech — including navigating regulated industries and focusing on the problem over the technology.
What is his background?
He grew up in Pakistan, studied applied physics and economics at UBC, and worked across drones, quantum computing (CDL) and data privacy.