What happens when your startup gets shut down right after a life-changing exit? You buy it back and sell it again.
Former Wall Street analyst Ziyaad Ahmed shares the wild story of building Spotii—the Middle East's pioneering Buy Now Pay Later platform—with his sister, selling it to Australian giant Zip after 18 months, watching it get shut down, then reacquiring their own company and flipping it again just 3 months later.
From bootstrapping in a pandemic to landing Amazon as a client, from Citadel hedge fund to Silicon Valley to Dubai entrepreneur—this is a masterclass in grit, enterprise sales, and why the best founders think like investors.
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Perfect for: Founders, sales professionals, anyone curious about the reality behind startup "success stories"
Ziyaad now runs Qanooni, an AI platform for lawyers, and believes artificial intelligence is the next tectonic shift after the internet and mobile. Hear why he's betting his future on it.