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Engineer Sam Mod was out of his element when he emigrated from India to Victoria in 2013 to pursue an MBA at UVIC. With experience developing mobile apps for large corporations in India, Sam and his business partner, Rohit Boolchandani, were in over their heads with a failed first attempt as entrepreneurs. Little did they know that starting a business took a lot of time and effort especially in a new environment.  Full of ambition and hustle they found their niche in Victoria’s thriving tech scene. With no network, finances and full of culture shock, they worked tremendously hard to achieve what is seemingly impossible for most. That was then and this is now…

Co-founded in early 2014 by Sam and Rohit, FreshWorks Studio is now a multimillion-dollar, award-winning Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle based firm working in the space of digital transformation.

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