What if your startup didn’t start with a pitch deck, product, or even a problem to solve? What if it started with a person?
That’s exactly how Parvez Alam Kazi began building Fortyx Security. In this episode of Tech Startup Stories, Parvez shares how he and his co-founder spent months building trust and alignment before they even started talking about a product.
No brainstorms. No fundraising. Just two people asking: “Can we really do this together?”
The slowest start for the fastest decisions
Instead of racing to find product–market fit, Parvez focused on co-founder fit. He and his partner spent time talking about values, ambition, failure, and what kind of culture they wanted to create. They agreed that if they were going to build something, it had to be on the strongest possible foundation.
That foundation has since become Fortyx Security, a cybersecurity company that now works with some of the world’s most complex enterprise environments. Parvez credits their early patience as the reason they have been able to move with so much clarity and conviction since.
Why the right person matters more than the right idea
Parvez opens up about what it was like to work in stealth mode for over a year, how being invisible gave them room to think, and why the co-founder relationship is more important than anything else in the early days.
This episode is a reminder that you do not need a polished pitch to get started. Sometimes, the best thing you can do is spend time getting the relationship right. The rest will follow.
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