IslamicFinanceGuru Podcasts
Islamic Finance Guru
The Islamic Finance Guru Podcasts are a series of podcasts aimed at bringing money matters to the forefront of the Muslim community. We've got something for everyone, from our popular Millionaire Muslim podcast where we discuss halal investments, personal finance and entrepreneurship! We also give you a spiritual kick with regular business/finance-focused Qur'an tafseer sessions! Or hear the IFG team discuss current affairs in our fortnightly news round-up!
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Jun 9, 2020 • 44min
E77: Retiring before 40 - business lessons from Sufyan Ismail [PART 1] [LIVE]
In this episode which was aired as a YouTube Live, we interview Sufyan Ismail - businessman-turned-philanthropist. Sufyan started life out at Deloitte before going on to start his own business. Sufyan then stopped working on his business before 40 in order to found MEND - an organisation aimed at helping Muslims to get into media and politics. A fascinating character with lots of lessons - so many that we had to split it up in two parts!
May 25, 2020 • 52min
E76: How I got my Islamic Channel on to Amazon
This episode we chat with Navid Akhter, who successfully got his Islamic channel on to Amazon Prime.
May 13, 2020 • 24min
E75: hacks to save for a deposit
We know lots of you are struggling to save for a deposit so we got together and racked our brains to help give you folks some helpful tips and hacks on how you can speed up the process insha'Allah!
May 6, 2020 • 52min
E74: building companies & selling to major banks - a chat with Usman Khan
Usman Khan grew up in East London from an ordinary Muslim family. But from those humble beginnings he went on to found 3 different highly successful data companies that raised money from A-list investors and counted most of the mainstream investment banks and fund managers as its clientele. He talks of how he first got into entrepreneurship, how he sold to big banks, and what he is working on now.
Apr 29, 2020 • 40min
E73: starting an Islamic mortgage lender in Canada
In this episode, we chat to Mohamad Sawwaf, the founder of a Canadian startup called Manzil. Manzil are a mortgage lender in Canada and offer mortgages to house buyers, and also have a mortgage fund which people can invest into.
We dive deep on the Canadian Islamic scene, starting Manzil, advice for founders and much more!
Apr 24, 2020 • 35min
E72: we chat with an Oxford don
Join us as we chat to Dr Wahbi El Bouri - a good friend of ours and now an Oxford professor. He tells us about the fascinating research he's up to, as well as going behind the scenes on the undergraduate Oxford application process.
Apr 13, 2020 • 27min
E71: planning and pivoting your business around coronavirus
In this episode, we brainstorm some business planning around coronavirus. In particular, we think about how a regular hajj operator might need to react in the current climate.
Apr 2, 2020 • 26min
E70: How we choose startups & intro to our first hire!
Join us for this chat with Ibrahim and our addition to the team, Muhammad. They discuss how we actually go about choosing the startups which we invest in via our syndicate (which is made up of lots of IFG fans!).
Mar 23, 2020 • 32min
E69: Coronavirus update
There's only one thing to talk about right now - and that's coronavirus. Some key updates from us which are hopefully beneficial.
1. Launch of wills for NHS workers specifically.
2. Update on our coronavirus-specific page for useful info
3. Islamic approach to panic-buying and hoarding.
4. Discussion on whether or not masaajid should be open.
Mar 18, 2020 • 41min
E68: Asad Hamir - serial multi £m entrepreneur shares his tips and insights
Check out our interview with Asad Hamir, a serial entrepreneur with a fascinating background with plenty of great tips for us all.
