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Navid Nathoo on the TechTO stage

Navid Nathoo

Founder, Zero

EdTechTorontoOn TechTO stages since 2016

Navid Nathoo co-founded The Knowledge Society, the Toronto accelerator for 13-to-17-year-olds, with his brother Nadeem. He earlier built the cloud-security company Airpost in Silicon Valley, sold it to Box and led product teams there. In 2026 he launched Zero, an alternative to university built around job-based scenarios.

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First seen on the TechTO stage in 2016. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Navid

In their words

Companies don't innovate, people innovate.

TechTO, Mar 2017 · watch at 03:05

Innovation is not these random ideas that you just think about when you're in the shower. That's not innovation, right? Those are just ideas. You got to find opportunities.

TechTO, Mar 2017 · watch at 05:13

Get in that new mindset, figure out what you love, and become a master at it. And guess what? You'll find opportunities. Like this is where innovation happens.

TechTO, Mar 2017 · watch at 05:02
A few quotes can’t cover everything Navid said on the TechTO stage. 1,600+ talks are searchable.Ask about Navid

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Quick answers

What is Navid Nathoo known for?

Co-founding The Knowledge Society, a human accelerator for teenagers aged 13 to 17, with his brother Nadeem Nathoo. Before that he founded a cloud-security company acquired by Box, where he then led product teams including AI.

Why did he start TKS?

He told the TechTO stage the idea came flying home from a conference in Beijing, thinking about how much of his own path was accident — and that plenty of kids have the drive but no route to the opportunity.

What is Navid Nathoo working on now?

Zero, launched in 2026 and pitched as an alternative to university: immersive scenarios reverse-engineered from what hiring managers look for, with role matching at the end.

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