A business mind: Karen Farzam, WHub

After leaving her job at an equity trader in an investment bank in Tokyo, Karen Farzam moved to Hong Kong in 2010. Seeing the boom in local start-ups, she founded WHub, which connects entrepreneurs with like-minded engineers, marketing gurus and business experts, enabling them to exchange ideas and work together to build a successful business. She also co-founded “Women Who Code” a non-profit organisation which inspires women to excel in technology careers.  

Farzam was the regional winner in the Talent Unleashed Awards Asia category of  “Inspirational Leadership”. Sir Richard Branson and Steve Wozniak were both on the judging panel. 

How did you get started with WHub? 

It all began over a cup of coffee on a Monday morning. I and my friend and now co-founder, Karena Belin, wondered why so many talented people could not find a job they really cared about. At the time I was looking at several opportunities to start my own business and I  realised that I had left many ideas unexplored simply because. I could not find the right partner to bounce them off. . 

I dug deeper into the start-up ecosystem and discovered that one of the biggest challenges for passionate entrepreneurs and exciting  start-ups is recruiting the right team to help them unleash  their full potential. We finally had a match!