"The moment I came to Dubai, I was like, 'Man, this is the place where I need to be," said Ammar Akhtar, Founder and CEO of Finalrentals.com. Ammar had grown up in a small town in Pakistan, the oldest of seven siblings, working 18-hour days to help the family make ends meet. 

Dubai saw one consulting gig after another, but the aspiring startup entrepreneur hadn't moved to Dubai for gigs. He wanted to launch something big, and he went for it. And within a year, he was broke.

So Ammar went to visit his father, now living in a farmhouse in the northern Italian countryside. It was the breath of fresh air that he needed, literally. 

Check out the impact his father had on him, how he turned Finalrentals.com around - from his inner soul to his business operation - and how he now helps young startups tell their stories.

"People will tell you to tell a story," Ammar says. "But what they don't tell you is... whose story to tell."