In this episode of Ready to Launch: A MENA Entrepreneurship Podcast, a joint series by the Wilson Center’s Riyada and the Straight Up Start Up, co-hosts Merissa Khurma and Rajae Sahouri spoke with Fouad Jeryes, the Co-Founder of Maqsam in Jordan. Fouad father's experience shaped his thinking about taking risks in starting a business, a journey he started in high school and pressed on in spite of the challenges along the way. Today, his business supports the operations of other SMEsin the region.