The Digital Sisterhood Chapter II, Page IV: The Lonely Matchmaker
Dec 28, 2025
Shahzad Younas, an entrepreneur and founder of Muzz, shares his journey building a leading Muslim marriage app while navigating personal challenges. He reflects on the loneliness that accompanied his ambition, balancing the pressures of entrepreneurship with marital struggles. Shahzad discusses the creative process behind Muzz, including design choices that cater to Muslim values and the app's evolution. After a decade, he reveals his own path to love, culminating in a unique six-month halal courtship online, offering insights on patience and self-reflection in relationships.
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Quitting Banking To Build Muzz
- Shahzad Younas left a stable investment banking career, got engaged, quit his job and married quickly while building Muzz around the same time.
- He worked 7am–2am for months and juggled building the product with the personal upheaval of a failing marriage and divorce.
From Side Project To Scalable Product
- Shahzad transformed Muzz from a scrappy website into an app after spotting smartphone social behaviour on his trading floor.
- He prioritized product-market fit and monetized quickly after Y Combinator feedback to make the business viable.
Resetting The Company To Scale
- Shahzad reset his early investors, returned funds, restructured the company and applied to Y Combinator, initially getting rejected.
- After adding a paid product within weeks, users bought it and Muzz got accepted into Y Combinator.