Coden Nikbakht is an entrepreneur, athlete, politician, academic, minister and author. He started his business endeavors at a young age selling goods in primary school, eventually moving to larger scale enterprises later in his years. In 2014 he launched his company Mentalplays Performance Inc., an online platform for athletes and coaches to analyse training and competition performance. In 2016, while attending the University of Saskatchewan he opened and operated a food truck company called Snack Shack Inc.