IslamicFinanceGuru Podcasts

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!). 

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.

Check out our interview with Asad Hamir, a serial entrepreneur with a fascinating background with plenty of great tips for us all.

In this episode we interview entrepreneur and philanthropist, Shabir Randeree CBE. Shabir has had a fascinating career spanning finance, business and philanthropy. He is a trustee of the Prince's Trust and a great example to our community.

Today we're exploring the topic of business models. People are making money in increasingly novel ways. Google is essentially a marketing company (makes money from ads), Dropbox has a freemium model (use it for free to a limit), Amazon is in many ways a data company. How should you be thinking about the companies around you, and about your own business too? Are you being innovative enough with you...

In this episode, Mohsin interviews Ibrahim about his Oxford application and interview. He shares some hacks for other students and reveals how, ironically, he massively flopped his R.E exam.

Hey folks, we're just using this episode to update you on our lives! Listen in to hear the latest goings-on at IFG and what has been keeping us busy. **The Millionaire Muslim podcast is supported by Euro Quality Lambs. Top quality lamb meat delivered to your doorstep**

In this khutbah Ibrahim discusses what a Muslim's approach to the Coronavirus (and other pandemics like it) should be and how a Muslim can make the most out of it for his or her akhirah. 

Islamic fintechs are the next big thing and in this episode we dive behind the hype and take stock of the industry, its challenges, its promise, and where its headed. Abdul Haseeb Basit is the co-founder of Elipses and helped put together the Global Islamic Fintech Survey 2019. You can find out more about Abdul Haseeb here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahbasit/?originalSubdomain=uk You can access t...

Many moons ago, in typical Ibrahim fashion, he randomly reached out to a bunch of top lawyers asking for work experience. Those of you in the industry will know that law firms don't take people like this, they have formal applications. But one man responded and gave Ibrahim his first taste of law - and that man is Mohammed Paracha! Mohammed is a distinguished lawyer, partner at the global law firm...

In this episode, we're talking through another business as part of our Business Agony Aunts series. This week, it's latinhoneyshop.com - a great website selling high-quality honey. We analyse and run through some really easy changes that they could implement in order to become more profitable. Ibrahim also amusingly confuses Baber Ahmed for Babar Azam the Pakistan cricketer- for which he apologise...

In this episode, Ibrahim interviews Mohsin about his Oxford application and interview (and the infamous Swahili-gate - you'll understand when you hear the story!). We also share some views at the end for future uni applicants to heed!

This episode felt like a throwback to our uni days! We had the rare pleasure of being in the same room whilst recording a podcast and so we conducted a thought experiment like we used to back in the day. More particularly, a thought experiment on how would we approach being plonked in London with £5 to our name. What would the path to success look like? Get in touch with your thoughts, we may do a...

Check out this talk by Ibrahim at the Islamic Finance & Ethics Society. He goes into detail about why the old-school Islamic Finance of big-ticket corporate stuff is not what we need to focus on - and why we at IFG are all about Islamic Finance from the grassroots level. **The Millionaire Muslim podcast is supported by Euro Quality Lambs. Top quality lamb meat delivered to your doorstep**

We're launching a new series of podcasts (switching to 2 a week, with the second one being this new series). It's called Business Agony Aunts (the aunts being Ibrahim & Mohsin...). Each week the plan is that we look at a particular business or industry and analyse it - thinking about how it can scale in the modern era.  We had fun chatting about halwa shops and how they might achieve that...

Mohsin interviewed Omar Latif, the founder of WeAreAssif , a mental health startup which spots micro-changes in you which may be the early signs of mental health deterioration. 10 years of  gruelling research and coding have got Omar to this point. Listen to the episode to learn more about Omar, his own mental health challenges which inspired WeAreAssif, advice to young entrepreneurs, and wha...

Ibrahim gave a short talk at the London School of Economics about charity. He discussed how students need to start thinking about their careers from an impact-to-the-ummah perspective, and what really meaningful charity looks like. **The Millionaire Muslim podcast is supported by Euro Quality Lambs. Top quality lamb meat delivered to your doorstep**

We're joined by Safdar Alam in this interview for a fascinating and revealing insight into the rise of Islamic Finance in the UK and globally, what's changed since then, and what Safdar thinks about the way forward. **The Millionaire Muslim podcast is supported by Euro Quality Lambs . Top quality lamb meat delivered to your doorstep**

We are so excited to bring you this episode! It's a genuinely groundbreaking episode where we've been given all access into Europe's largest Muslim-owned lamb abattoir in Europe. This is an interview where you'll literally be taken into the abattoir with Rizvan, our host at the abattoir. We also get a fascinating insight into what it takes to lead a £60m turnover business and some key business les...

Salaam! Sorry for our absence. All explained in the first minute of the podcast! In this podcast, Ibrahim discusses the 3 principles that shaped Brexit negotiations and how that shapes the ultimate negotiation that we all have to do: Negotiating and pleading with Allah on the Day of Judgement. TIMESTAMPS 02:54 - Khutbah Starts in English  05:45 - The Knowledge Principle in Negotiation  1...

Mohammad Arshad is the CEO of Muslim Mastery, an organisation dedicated to increasing your impact on the world and in your personal and professional lives. He shares his tips on how he grew his following massively on YouTube and Facebook as well as his business experience at Xerox and other companies. A fascinating and valuable interview! Don't forget to check out our latest content at islamicfina...

In this podcast we catch up with one of the men who forged the way in Islamic Finance and Islamic Banking in the UK. Mohammed Amin has also had a long involvement in politics, the Conservative Party, charity, and the accounting and tax world.  An incredibly multi-talented and articulate man who has served the Muslim community for many years. You can find out more about him on mohammedamin.com

We're talking in this episode about the asset class savvy investors are making millions from - startup investing. The likes of Uber, Netflix and thousands of startups you've never heard of have made overnight millionaires from people who took a £5k punt at some point in an early-stage company (probably little more than an idea at that point!). We discuss: - what is startup investing and why it's s...

Islam has very clear teachings about how we should conduct ourselves in business, what the overriding principles are that we should maximise, and what high-level transaction all our transactions ultimately feedback into. In this podcast we synthesize all that into a pithy philosophy and a story.

I've been investigating the market for small businesses for around 2 years now. Small businesses offer a tremendous investment opportunity if you can acquire them and run them (or get someone to run it). I share with you my experience of the market, how the pricing works, where to find these small businesses, and why this is a BUYER's market. So whether you want to buy a business in order to quit...