Cambridge entrepreneur named one of Canada's top 25 immigrants
A Cambridge entrepreneur recently named one of Canada's top 25 immigrants of 2025 by Canadian Immigrant Magazine says his looking back on his own life and realizing it could inspire others led him to develop what has become North America’s largest inspirational speaking competition.
Dan Shaikh immigrated from Pakistan to Canada when he was five years-old. Throughout most of his young life, he says he considered himself “scared of everything.”
Before entering his 20s, he discovered a Reddit blog post where people from all different ages shared their life regrets. Soon after his journey of personal development began.
He made a bucket list of everything he had been too scared to do all his life, including going on a roller coaster and skydiving.