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[INTERVIEW] North Aware Founder And Creator Of The Smart Parka, Jamil Khan

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Khan came up with the Smart Parka concept after enjoying five Canadian winters in the years since he moved to Toronto from his native Pakistan. Things like negotiating distribution channels and partners and how to handle market expansions. million, making it one of Kickstarter’s most successful crowdfunding ever in Canada.

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12 Questions with Self-Taught Designer and crowdspring Creative jhharoon

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Jahanzeb is a self-taught designer (and self-proclaimed handyman) from Pakistan. Instead, I worked as a computer technician and in my free hours, I spent time on the internet looking for new opportunities. I am also planning to create a channel on YouTube about Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and other software training in Urdu.

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