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James Kawas Keeps Finding the Work Inside Other People’s Closets
Before Flyp became a toolkit for thousands of resellers, Kawas learned the secondhand trade by trying to sell a PlayStation 3, skipping class to send business emails and building a marketplace in two days.
He Sold His Software Company. Six Years Later, He Bought It Back.
Sam Saab built Results from a one-person consulting tool, watched an acquisition shelve it, then returned with a new platform and the old team. His four-decade career is a study in patient software, customer memory, and the uncommon art of a second beginning.
Marc Atiyeh
Marc Atiyeh is the co-founder and CEO of Pawp, a 24/7 digital veterinary clinic that gives pet parents unlimited text, call, and video access to vets for a flat monthly fee plus an emergency fund. Born and raised in Beirut and trained as an electrical and computer engineer at Harvard, he cut his teeth scaling fintech startups Paribus and Clarity Money before pivoting a small pet e-commerce idea into one of the largest pet telehealth platforms in the US. He was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022 and struck a national distribution partnership with Walmart in 2024.