Johann Farhan
Entrepreneur / Writer
My Story
My interest in entrepreneurship started when I was 16 - but an inability to build anything left me spending all my time theorising.
At 18 I got my first break, an investment to develop a lean operations start-up in the cafe sector. It was an ambysmal failure.
I schlepped off to Uni where I graduated with a 1:1, a Deans Commendation, and was student of the year.
Whilst at Uni I also Co-Founded Sina, a health-tech start-up. After building a team, bootstrapping, winning five grants, and filling a pre-seed; some of the team got generous grad offers and we called it a day.
Following that I went to work at IBM, doing Product & Strategy mostly in Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and Banking.
The Entrepreneur bug still burns strong, and I am always tinkering & building, trying to find the next thing.I've only ever achieved anything when working with great people. So right now my focus is on finding the right co-founders, before anything else. Ideas, problems & solutions come and go - great people are incredibly hard to come by.Oh, I also love to write, check out more below:
Experience
Sina Health - Co-Founder & CEO
London. 2019-2022
Co-Founder & CEO of Health Tech start-up Sina. A digital tool to help individuals with MSK conditions of pain care for their symptoms.
Formed multidisciplinary Team of Co-Founders (Team went on to: Palantir, Amazon, IBM, NHS)
Bootstrapped the entire product
Won 5 Grants
Great British Entrepreneurs SW Disruptor of the Year Award
IBM - Senior Consultant
London. 2021-2025
Built a strong portfolio of Strategy & Product experience. Experienced in navigating complex environments and leading large teams across multiple industries and organisations.
Senior Product Manager for Healthcare client. Delivered the component to digitise & transform 25m+ annual health communications.
Lead Product Manager: Lead team to design a new care pathway in a 30m+ User Healthcare App.
Other Projects
Expresso - London. 2017-2018
At 18 I designed a new operating system on how to use lean operations to reduce waste for cafe's. I raised a 5 figure pre-seed investment, built a team of 4 individuals, and ran a series of proof-of-concept experiments. We ultimately failed to get the project funded past pre-seed.
BTBD - Manchester 2016-2017
Bow Tie start-up where we developed & patented a new Bow Tie which would look & be adjustable like a self-tied Bow Tie, yet was pre-tied. I was personally responsible for the marketing, and landed us free full page spreads in The Mayfair Magazine and The Cheshire Magazine.
Writing
Alongside my work, I also love to write fiction. I've mostly written screenplays.
North Mont
Fiction Novel - W.I.P.
(If you know me I'll send you a draft to read :) )
Slug
Graphic Novel.I have written a Graphic Novel which my friend (and artist) is in the process of illustrating.
Two Wrongs
I wrote Two Wrongs when I was 16, which I sold and was directed by Simon Cade and released in 2015 recieving 500K views (that was good at the time).
Thought Pieces
You can read my thought pieces here where I write about Start-ups, Product, and Strategyhttps://medium.com/@johannfarhan