Muslim Founder

Sohaib Ashraf
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Conversations with leaders who have built successful companies and organisations. Our mission is to inspire Muslims to build things that empower the ummah.

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    This 1 Formula Makes Money So Fast It Feels Haram

    Apply to Launchpad: https://founderlaunchpad.io/ The 6-week online startup school for working professionals.  ------------------- Arib Khan is the founder of 24 Labs, a portfolio of internet companies built entirely without outside capital. Raised in San Jose in a Pakistani American family, he built his first company, Musicfy, to a million dollars in revenue at 19 and never went back to college. Today he owns eight businesses doing over a million a year each, and gives a large share of it away. ------------------- Follow Arib Khan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aribkhan/ https://arib.lol/ ------------------- 0:00 - Introduction 2:28 - A New Product Every Month and the $10,000 Bill He Couldn't Pay 3:41 - The Middle School Maths That Set His Whole Path 5:19 - Why Most Founders in San Francisco Fail 6:41 - Walking Away From a Big Venture Round 8:45 - His Three Rules for Deciding What to Build 10:41 - Inside 24 Labs: Eight Businesses, Zero Investors 11:48 - Why $20K of Your Own Money Beats $1M Raised 12:20 - Putting His Childhood Friends on Payroll 14:15 - Leaving San Francisco and the Billion Dollar Mindset 15:32 - Feeding 100,000 People During Ramadan 16:45 - The One Thing All Eight of His Businesses Optimise For 21:15 - Why You Have to Be a Little Delusional to Win 26:36 - Burn the Ships: The Real Story Behind the Saying 30:14 - Imam Bukhari and the Gold Thrown Overboard 35:05 - Do Muslims Have a Bad Relationship With Money? 44:00 - His Advice to Muslim Founders Starting Today

  2. 17 juil.

    Palestinian Billionaire: They Cancelled Me For Gaza. I Built a $9B Empire Instead

    Amjad Masad is the co-founder and CEO of Replit, a $9 billion AI company. Born in Jordan to a Palestinian family displaced during the Nakba, he taught himself to code on his father's first computer - and refused to hide his identity on the way up. In this episode, he breaks down what speaking up cost him, how he built Replit to a $9B valuation, and his advice for Muslim founders looking to build. ------------------- Join Launchpad: https://founderlaunchpad.io/ The online startup school for working professionals. Go from idea to paying customers in six weeks. Start Date: 2nd Aug. ------------------- Follow Amjad: https://x.com/amasad https://www.linkedin.com/in/amjadmasad/ https://replit.com/ ------------------- 0:00 - Introduction 2:13 - His Grandfather's Life in Palestine Before the Nakba 5:31 - His Father Buying the Neighbourhood's First Computer 7:22 - Competitive Swimming, Counter-Strike & the Making of a Builder 9:20 - Why He Refuses to Hide His Palestinian Identity 12:02 - October 7th: Why He Couldn't Stay Silent 14:30 - Cancelled: Silent Group Chats, Empty Calendar, Dead Deals 17:14 - Using His Influence for Palestine 19:22 - His Advice for Muslim Builders Navigating Their Morals 21:40 - Clashing With Silicon Valley's Most Powerful VCs 23:36 - The Quran Verse That Changed How He Sees Struggle 25:56 - The Role Models He Admires 27:54 - Paul Graham Advice He Thinks About Every Day 29:35 - The Legacy He Wants to Leave in 20 Years 32:14 - Meeting Mamdani & Breaking the Rules of American Politics 35:13 - Internet Cafes in Jordan to Inventing Replit 41:13 - Turning Down $1 Billion While His Mother Fought Cancer 44:18 - $2M to $1B ARR: Inside Replit's Explosive 3 Years 51:30 - There's No Playbook: How to Build in 2026

  3. 26 juin

    Ex-Goldman Banker Exposes The Secret To Building a Billion Dollar Company

    Mariam Ahmed is the co-founder of Menza, an AI intelligence platform for consumer brands.  Born and raised in New York, she studied computer science at King's College London before joining Goldman Sachs. Today she's growing Menza toward a billion-dollar company, backed by Y Combinator and featured in Forbes.  ------------------- Subscribe to the Muslim Founder Newsletter: https://muslimfounder.kit.com/32ea939ddd For the latest updates on events, programs and announcements.  ------------------- Follow Mariam Ahmed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariamaahmed/ https://menza.ai/ ------------------- 0:00 Intro 2:07 Growing up in New York 4:26 From medicine to coding 7:40 Inside Goldman Sachs: how to find winners and losers 11:21 The dinner that ended her finance career 15:02 Last day Friday, flew Saturday, YC on Sunday 17:11 The real reason they got into Y Combinator 20:56 100 conversations in one week to find the idea 22:40 What Menza actually does 23:40 Why 80% of her YC batch is already dead 27:09 The brutal truth about having no boss 33:14 How to build with zero money in 2026 34:06 "You don't need to fundraise anymore" 36:18 Building a billion-dollar company on Islamic values 39:46 America's abundance vs Britain's scarcity 45:59 The failures she's most proud of

  4. 8 juin

    What the Prophet ﷺ Understood About Islam That We Forgot

    Iqbal Nasim is the former CEO of the National Zakat Foundation. He studied economics at Cambridge before going into investment banking, then left a seven-figure package to build NZF, transforming how Muslims across the country give their zakat. He's the founder of Transform My Prayer, helping Muslims connect with their salah, and the Last Day Leadership program, helping them find purpose. Over the past year, his podcast "In Good Faith" has become a home for the conversations most people avoid ------------------- Subscribe to the Muslim Founder Newsletter: https://muslimfounder.kit.com/32ea939ddd For the latest updates on events, programs and announcements.  ------------------- Follow Iqbal Nasim: https://www.youtube.com/@UCZ4GnufkU9g_wWUmmfaOKrA  https://www.iqbalnasim.com/ ------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:25 "There's no such thing as Islam" 3:38  What does the Quran say on this? 5:09 The misunderstanding of the word "Islam" 8:23 How we lost the original meaning 10:33 The trap of "Islamic everything" 13:07 Why "non-Muslim" is a dehumanizing word 15:57 Do you believe in Allah because you're "Muslim"?  20:40 Would a non-Muslim really not understand halal? 26:47 Are Islamic schools a help or a harm? 30:05 The hard lines we draw between "us" and "them" 32:29 "The Muslim ummah is a complete myth" 36:42 Muslim pride & the obsession with "Muslim power" 45:01 "There is no ummah" - so what do you belong to? 49:12 "Why should anyone even care about this?" 52:27 The real harms of clinging to the label 54:38 What keeps Iqbal up at night: NDEs & psychedelics 57:48 Panentheism

  5. 26 mai

    The Muslim That Makes Millionaires: This Dua Habit Turned $0 to $10k/mo

    Abu Lahya is a Muslim entrepreneur specialising in influencer marketing agencies. He spent 3 years failing in business before making his first $100K. Today, after building a multi-6-figure marketing agency, he runs one of the biggest business mentorship programs in the Muslim space - with over 40,000 applications and students who've changed their lives, quit their jobs, and made hijrah. In this episode, he breaks down the exact roadmap from broke to your first $100K, why your relationship with Allah determines your success in business, and how dua became the foundation of everything he built. ------------------- Join Abu Lahya's mentorship: https://application.imaccelerator.com/sohaib ------------------- Follow Abu Lahya: https://www.youtube.com/@AbuLayha https://www.instagram.com/abu_lahya1/ ------------------- 0:00 Introduction 2:07 The art of sales & never taking no for an answer 3:25 The origin story: rejection and failed businesses 4:39 Why beginners should start with service-based businesses 8:40 Zero to one: the $100 course that changed everything 10:12 Why Muslims avoid business  13:17 Why most people quit and fail 15:36 How the influencer marketing agency model works 16:54 Finding influencers & how to price deals 19:47 The outreach strategy & how to stand out 24:39 Is your niche saturated, or is it a skill issue? 30:06 This sounds too good to be true? 33:05 "I was crying how broke I was, making dua" 35:01 Fix your relationship with Allah before your business 40:08 "Using Islam to sell your course" 44:31 Meeting Alex Hormozi 49:51 The roadmap for starting. 53:51 Abu Lahya's legacy

  6. 14 mai

    The Prophet's ﷺ Lost Ring, Mansa Musa & The African Muslims Who Discovered America (Before Columbus)

    Sh Mustafa Briggs is an Islamic historian, author, and specialist in Arabic and Islamic texts. He converted to Islam at 13 and went on to study across West Africa, Mauritania, Morocco, and Al-Azhar University in Cairo.  Today he's a leading voice for uncovering the hidden, forgotten, and erased stories of Islamic history, having delivered over 100 lectures across 50+ universities worldwide and authored two books - Beyond Bilal and Islam and the Making of the Modern World. In this episode, he breaks down the lost ring of the Prophet ﷺ and the fitna that followed, the Black poets and scholars who shaped Islamic civilization, and the theory that Muslims discovered America 200 years before Columbus ever set sail. ------------------- Follow Mustafa Briggs https://www.instagram.com/mustafabriggs/ https://mustafabriggs.com/ ------------------- 0:00 Introduction 2:07 How Mustafa uncovers hidden Islamic history 4:23 The lost ring of the Prophet ﷺ 6:44 Why anti-Blackness exists in Muslim history 12:44 The scholars who defended Black Muslims 14:01 The Black Sahaba you've never heard of 15:36 Ubada bin Samit and the opening of Palestine 17:53 Why race matters in Islamic history 23:28 Crows of the Arabs: the Black poets of Arabia 26:24 Antara & Abla: the Romeo and Juliet of Arabia 29:43 Did Muslims discover America before Columbus? 33:33 The 2,000 ships that vanished 36:51 Mustafa's journey to Islam at 13 40:19 Studying across West Africa, Mauritania & Cairo 44:14 What's next for Mustafa Briggs

  7. 14 mai

    Muslim Money Expert: If I Started A Business in 2026, I'd Do This

    Omar Waseem is the 21-year-old CEO of Alif, an investment fund for Muslim founders based in Silicon Valley. By 19, he had built multiple seven-figure businesses and served as CMO of Fei Protocol, a startup that peaked at a $2B valuation. Today he invests in early-stage Muslim founders and runs an ecosystem that hosts entrepreneurs and investors from across the world. In this episode, he breaks down how Muslim entrepreneurs can build wealth and start companies in 2026. ------------------- Join Alif Sessions: https://alif.build/sessions  Use promo code "muslimfounder" in your application for 20% off and a guaranteed spot in the program. Program starts on 10th May. ------------------- Follow Omar Waseem: https://www.linkedin.com/in/omarwaseem/ https://x.com/omarwasm https://www.youtube.com/@omarwasm ------------------- 0:00 Introduction 2:14 Omar's entrepreneurial journey 4:26 The car accident that changed everything 6:53 The Fund backing Muslim founders 10:14 What Omar looks for in founders 11:26 The mission: 25 Muslim billionaires 12:15 Do Muslims sell out to build big? 14:53 How Alif actually makes money 16:32 The best business to start in 2026 18:56 Why 2026 is the moment 21:22 Building Muslim entrepreneurial power 23:56 Why San Francisco wins 26:44 Is money the real problem? 28:27 How to hire a world-class team 36:42 Omar's role models 38:10 How he made it so young 40:20 Who keeps Omar grounded 44:14 Rapid fire

  8. 14 mai

    Pakistani Immigrant to Scotland’s Prime Minister | Humza Yousaf

    Humza Yousaf is a Scottish-Pakistani politician and the former First Minister of Scotland - the first Muslim to ever lead a Western nation.  The son of Pakistani immigrants, he entered politics at 22 and, over 15 years rose to the top of Scottish politics. During his time in office, he became the first Western leader to call for a ceasefire in Gaza - while his own wife's family was trapped there. ------------------- Join Alif Sessions: https://alif.build/sessions  Use promo code "muslimfounder" in your application for 20% off and a guaranteed spot with the Alif team. ------------------- Follow Humza: https://x.com/HumzaYousaf https://www.instagram.com/humzayousaf/ ------------------- 0:00 Introduction 2:31 Family background and early political career 5:44 Was becoming First Minister the end goal? 7:18 The moment he became First Minister 9:28 Praying Maghrib inside Bute House 10:13 Islamophobia and navigating politics as a Muslim 13:54 Palestine and his wife's family trapped in Gaza 19:33 Elon Musk calling him a racist 22:04 Navigating conflicts between Islam and politics 25:02 The Prophet ﷺ as the ultimate peacemaker 27:08 What's next for Humza Yousaf 28:31 Standing before God - what Humza would say

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Conversations with leaders who have built successful companies and organisations. Our mission is to inspire Muslims to build things that empower the ummah.

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  • Création
    Sohaib Ashraf
  • Années d’activité
    2025 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    32
  • Classification
    Contenu explicite
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    © Sohaib Ashraf
  • Site web de l’émission
    Muslim Founder

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