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Mar 2022
55m 32s

Ep#2 - Maaz Sheikh (CEO of STARZPLAY) on...

Tarek Bayaa
About this episode

Maaz Sheikh is the co-founder and CEO of Starzplay, a regional media streaming platform. Maaz discusses how he became a millionaire at a young age (only to lose it all), worked his way up the OSN hierarchy and follow his entrepreneurial ambitions in his forties. I heard Maaz say:

- Have a purpose

- Respect every interaction because everybody has a story

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