The Palestinian Genius Revolutionizing How Startups Operate ($23M Company)

Jawad Shreim is the co-founder and CEO of MilkStraw AI, a platform that automatically cuts companies' cloud infrastructure costs.Palestinian, born and raised in Dubai, he spent over a decade in Silicon Valley building and selling a startup before walking away to start again from the Middle East.Today MilkStraw is backed by VentureSouq and Flat6Labs, with more than 100 startups running on it.In this episode, he breaks down why he left America, the near-death experience in Mexico City that brought him back to Islam, and what a co-founder breakdown taught him about who to build with.Find out more: https://milkstraw.ai/-------------------Hire My YouTube Strategist (Ideas, Titles, Thumbnails) - https://trakyo.link/91546e9f-------------------Subscribe to the Muslim Founder Newsletter: https://muslimfounder.kit.com/32ea939dddFor the latest updates on events, programs and announcements.-------------------0:00 - Introduction2:49 - The Day His Father Walked Away From a CEO Job4:18 - Watching Dubai Go From Desert to Global Hub9:47 - The Paper That Concluded Silicon Valley Isn't a Place11:40 - The USB Dongle He Sold to His Classmates12:49 - The Running Costs That Killed His First Company15:52 - Six Months Living Inside One Italian Restaurant18:41 - When the Side Product Became the Real Product20:25 - The Co-Founder Signals He Kept Explaining Away22:15 - The Acquisition That Arrived Mid-Fight27:59 - Losing His Grip on His Own Identity29:29 - The Taxi Ride in Mexico City34:10 - The Shahada He Couldn't Bring Himself to Say39:54 - Why the Exit Money Meant Nothing41:11 - A Year Before He Knew It Was Depression42:31 - Becoming Muslim for the Second Time45:14 - The Trip That Convinced Him to Come Home47:53 - Silicon Valley Level Engineers, in Jordan50:13 - The Company Name That Came to Him in a Dream