Maan Hamdan is the founder and CEO of Hexa Global Ventures in Richardson, Texas. Maan was born in Beirut, Lebanon, and came to the US to study at the Univerity of Texas in Austin. After working for two large technology companies in Dallas, Maan started his entrepreneurial journey, founding the HR software company HRSmart and growing it to over 2000 global clients, 400 employees, and a successful exit in 2015. Maan started Hexa Global Ventures in 2018 to help serious tech entrepreneurs in Dallas grow their startups to scale more successfully. Hexa Global Ventures is a “full-stack” venture support organization that provides funding, advisory, marketing services, development talent, operations and sales support, and a thriving community at their venture space in Richardson. Hexa currently has 20 companies in the portfolio and has already taken one startup to a successful exit.

In this episode, Maan tells the story of his journey from Lebanon to Texas, then working for big tech companies, then starting his own software company in Dallas. It was a crazy journey with a happy ending, fueling his desire to help more entrepreneurs avoid the pitfalls that prevented his company from growing faster.