{"id":104824,"date":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/my-morning-routine-waseem-afzal-founder-and-ceo-of-fast-ventures\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T00:00:00","slug":"my-morning-routine-waseem-afzal-founder-and-ceo-of-fast-ventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/06\/20\/my-morning-routine-waseem-afzal-founder-and-ceo-of-fast-ventures\/","title":{"rendered":"My Morning Routine: Waseem Afzal, founder and CEO of Fast Ventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Waseem Afzal, founder and CEO of Fast Ventures: <\/strong>Each week, My Morning Routine looks at how a successful member of the business community starts their day \u2014 and then throws in a couple of random business questions just for fun. Speaking to us this week is Waseem Afzal (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wafzal\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), founder and CEO of Fast Ventures. <strong>Edited excerpts from our conversation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>I'm Waseem.<\/strong> I come from an agency background and spent 16 years at Omnicom Media Group in a variety of leadership roles. After that, I did three years at TikTok, where I was responsible for monetization of the app's ads business across the Middle East. Then I founded <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.platformance.io\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Platformance<\/a> and the holding company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wearefast.io\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast Ventures<\/a>, which are low-funnel growth acquisition businesses designed to drive growth for a wide cross-section of advertisers in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>It all started during my time at TikTok.<\/strong> I could clearly see the industry was at a crossroads. There were two sides: one part of the industry remained quite traditional, while a new generation of digital-native advertisers was emerging. These businesses had no physical footprint and were heavily focused on customer acquisition rather than vanity metrics like engagement or awareness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>I felt that if we could bootstrap a platform focused on growth acquisition, we could address a clear gap in the market. <\/strong>We launched Platformance first, and just over two years later, we\u2019ve onboarded over 200 advertisers across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the broader region. We've grown to a team of 140 people, mostly based in Dubai, with smaller teams in Riyadh and Cairo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Fast is more than a name <\/strong>\u2014 it's the DNA of who we are. Each letter stands for something: Future Adaptive Specialist Teams. Our business is structured around three pillars: supporting businesses around customer acquisition, incubating ad tech solutions that are homegrown and respond to regional gaps, and building consumer-facing brands for Gen Z and millennials in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Three trends are shaping the industry in the Middle East right now. <\/strong>First, AI. It\u2019s changing the way we do business, connect with consumers, and operate as organizations. One of our entities, Lion, is an AI-first creative shop where 100% of the work is fully developed by AI. This lets us ship faster, iterate constantly, and improve speed to market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Second, the rise of micro-creators. <\/strong>We've seen a shift from macro-influencers to micro and nano creators, who tend to move the needle on sales far more effectively. Community ambassadors and small creators are becoming central to performance marketing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The third is retail media. <\/strong>There's a growing appetite to tap into previously elusive platforms \u2014 from quick-commerce apps to ride-hailing services like Careem \u2014 that are opening up their ecosystems to advertisers. There's a global stat floating around that all media will become retail media by 2030. We\u2019re not there yet regionally, but the momentum is building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A typical day for me is about firing on multiple cylinders. <\/strong>We're a rocket ship that's flying and still being built midair. I\u2019m hands-on with our go-to-market strategy, product development, engineering timelines, and internal process design. I come from a very process-driven background. My litmus test is, if I removed myself from the company, would it still run? A year and a half ago, we might have collapsed. Today, I think the business would do just fine. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Cashflow<\/strong><strong> is a major part of my day, too. <\/strong>We\u2019re bootstrapped, and payment cycles can be three to four months, so I spend a lot of time making sure we remain cashflow positive while fueling growth. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>My mornings start with numbers. <\/strong>Each of the six entities within Fast Ventures is automated from a revenue management point of view. So after my first coffee, I go through our dashboards to see how we\u2019re performing. I track client KPIs and red or green arrows tell me which areas need intervention. It\u2019s a habit that ensures I'm never blindsided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>I don\u2019t get much sleep during the week.<\/strong> I\u2019m usually the last person sending messages on our internal channels at night and the first to be up and active the next morning. I try to pace myself through the day, but I like starting with a clear head and a sense of where we are performance-wise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>That said, I do make time for myself.<\/strong> I spend quality time with my parents, nieces, and nephews, especially on weekends. I work out regularly, partly because I love food and need to balance it out. On Saturdays, I sleep in, have breakfast with family, hit the gym, and go out in the evening. That\u2019s my way of resetting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We\u2019ve achieved a lot, but Fast Ventures is just getting started. <\/strong>Over the next two to three years, we want to become a credible enabler between brands, consumers, and technology. Our vision is to become a homegrown ad tech alternative to global platforms and to simplify the complexity of digital for a new generation of advertisers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Personally, I\u2019d like to slow down a little.<\/strong> It\u2019s been a fantastic run over the past two and a half years, but I\u2019ve been going at full throttle. I\u2019m so lucky to be surrounded by an incredible leadership team, and that gives me the space to step back a bit and be more intentional with my time. I want to focus on the things that only I can do, the decisions and actions that truly need me, and start giving more time to myself. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>I\u2019ve been hooked on the <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maxwellleadership.com\/podcast\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast<\/a><\/strong><strong> lately. <\/strong>They\u2019re on episode 300, and I\u2019ve probably listened to half of it in just a few weeks. Maxwell is one of the most credible voices on leadership out there, and he covers everything from building high-performance teams to leading through change \u2014 stuff we as founders always need to have top of mind. I usually listen while working out. I\u2019m also into <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-mindset-mentor\/id1033048640\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mindset Mentor<\/a>, which is more personal, about staying grounded, managing stress, and keeping sane through the madness. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The best advice I\u2019ve ever received is to stay at the center of change. <\/strong>When you're in the middle of change, you're always learning. When you're learning, you're evolving. When you're evolving, you're relevant. And when you're relevant, you're in demand. 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