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Khalil Zahar
Founder and Chief Operating Officer · FightCamp
Khalil Zahar co-founded FightCamp 12 years ago with five like-minded friends after discovering boxing at 20 while finishing a mechanical engineering degree in Toronto. He led the company through Y Combinator, a hardware 'valley of death' crisis in 2017, explosive COVID growth, and a four-year decline before momentum turned back up in 2025.
1 episode · Startups & Founding · Mindset, Grit & Failure · Hiring, Team & Culture
We kind of have a 40% failure rate right here And I'm not sure why This is during Chinese New Year too So we can't speak to the China team Because they're out on vacation
You should never run out of optimism Because if you do The company is gonna die
Is there just own motivation Are they a momentum giver Or they are a momentum taker
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