Forbes 30 Under 30… My First Game Made $2.47 | Houcem Maiza, CEO of T7D Gaming

His first game made $2.47. Not $2,470. Not $247. Just $2.47. Before Forbes 30 Under 30, before scaling across 40+ telecom operators, and before building a gaming company that actually worked, Houcem Maiza was just a 19-year-old with an idea… sitting alone in his parents’ garage after his co-founders didn’t show up. On paper, none of it made sense. No experience. No roadmap. No idea how to even build a game. Yet, in this episode of Above C-Level, Houcem Maiza, CEO of T7D Gaming, joins Mohammad Osama to share the reality of building in an industry no one teaches you how to succeed in. He speaks openly about failure, luck, timing, and the moments he almost walked away. From launching a game nobody downloaded, to one last trip to Dubai that changed his life. Houcem talks about: ↳ Building his first game with no experience and watching it fail. ↳ Making just $2.47 after months of work… and what that did to him. ↳ The dark reality of entrepreneurship that no one talks about. ↳ How one conversation in Dubai changed the direction of his company. ↳ Why luck and timing play a bigger role than most founders admit. ↳ The shift from building games to building a scalable gaming business. ↳ What the future of the gaming industry really looks like. If you’ve ever thought success was just about hard work, this episode might just change your perspective. Listen now to find out! Listen on: Spotify: Apple:  Connect with Houcem:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houcemmaiza/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houcem.maiza/  Website: https://t7dgaming.com/  Follow Our Host: Mohammad Osama: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-osama-8395b88/