Tushar Garg
Tushar Garg is currently CEO and Co-Founder at Flyhomes, a startup he founded and continues to lead. His experience includes roles at Microsoft, McKinsey & Company, and research internships at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
Startups, superheroes, and the economy at a crossroads: Voices from Seattle's tech community
After holding the GeekWire Awards virtually for the past two years, there was a feeling of real catharsis Thursday evening as hundreds of people streamed through the doors of the Showbox Sodo in Seattle for our annual celebration of the Pacific Northwest's top tech startups, leaders, and innovations. For the finalists in the 2022 GeekWire Awards, recognition at the superhero-themed show came with the added bonus of knowing that their companies made it through a period of unprecedented challenge and change. But the week also brought a new sense of uncertainty about what's to come. [Related Post: 2022 GeekWire Awards…
Real estate in the pandemic
It should've been a banner year for FlyHomes. As 2019 drew to a close, the real estate startup had $141 million in fresh funding to fuel the expansion of its novel home-buying service beyond Seattle to Portland, Boston, and Los Angeles. Then, three weeks after announcing the expansion, the first-known U.S. coronavirus case was discovered in Flyhomes' backyard. The U.S. real estate market froze as the full scope of the coronavirus crisis came into focus, a nerve-wracking jolt for Flyhomes, which was sitting on several homes the startup purchased on behalf of clients. Flyhomes buys houses directly with cash and…
Organizations
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FlyHomes Executive Officer, Director, Promoter 2018–present, CEO & Co-Founder 2015–present · current
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McKinsey & Company Summer Associate 2015 · past
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Microsoft Chief of Staff 2013–2014, Program Manager II, Core Ranking Team, Bing 2008–2013 · past
Education
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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) · 2014–2016
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University of Minnesota Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science · 2006–2008
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Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science · 2002–2006
