Muslim Founder

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

Muslim Founder is a religion podcast hosted by Sohaib Ashraf, with 32 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Sohaib Ashraf hosts Muslim Founder, a religion show with 32 episodes published.

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  Episode #31

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

  Jul 17, 202655 minS1

  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

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  Episode #30

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

  Jun 26, 202648 minS1

  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

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  Episode #30

  What the Prophet ﷺ Understood About Islam That We Forgot

  Jun 8, 20261 hourS1

  <p>Iqbal Nasim is the former CEO of the National Zakat Foundation.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>He's the founder of Transform My Prayer, helping Muslims connect with their salah, and the Last Day Leadership program, helping them find purpose.</p><p><br></p><p>Over the past year, his podcast "In Good Faith" has become a home for the conversations most people avoid</p><p>-------------------</p><...

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  Episode #28

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

  May 26, 202657 minS1

  <p>Abu Lahya is a Muslim entrepreneur specialising in influencer marketing agencies. He spent 3 years failing in business before making his first $100K.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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...

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  Episode #27

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

  May 14, 202647 minS1

  <p>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. </p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, he breaks down the lost ring of the Prophet ﷺ and the fitna tha...

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