Dear Brown Parents with Humayun Khan

Dear Brown Parents with Humayun Khan

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Dear Brown Parents with Humayun Khan episodes

  • #31: Saud Juman, Former Founder, PolicyMedical

    Saud Juman has grown, run and sold a multi-national business called PolicyMedical Inc. that developed numerous hospital data management systems trusted by over 3000 healthcare organizations.

    In his more than 20-year career as a business owner and entrepreneur, Saud Juman has worked  through every possible business challenge in a variety of industries — from designing unique products, developing new markets, and executing a highly successful exit.  

    In this episode, we get into how he went from being a downtown club owner to health tech entrepreneur and a whole lot more.

    Enjoy! 

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍

    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    1 hr
  • #30: Sheba Zaidi, Co-Founder, Mahara Mindfulness

    Sheba Zaidi is the Co-Founder of Mahara Mindfulness - a contemporary lifestyle brand HQ-ed in Canada with the goal of creating products and experiences that provides a stepping stone into a world of mindful practices and personal transformation.

    Their first product, the Human Being Journal, launched late last year to great acclaim and was featured in Oprah's Healthy Living "O" list for January.

    In this episode we get into what led her to leave her communications career to pursue her own business and a whole lot more.

    Before we dive in, a quick reminder that you can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents. 

    Enjoy

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍

    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    1 hr 14 min
  • #29: Danish Lallany, Founder, DND Academy & Fitness Trainer

    Danish Lallany is the founder of Dhole and Dumbbell Academy or DND Academy where he provides virtual fitness classes over zoom three times a week. He's a certified personal trainer who pivoted to online classes to help individuals stuck at home during COVID and to date has logged over 100 classes.  

    You can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents.

    Your support helps me continue to bring you stories that I hope help move and inspire you to make your dreams a reality.

    Enjoy!

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍

    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    56 min
  • #28: Purvi Shah, Poet & Social Justice Activist

    Purvi Shah is a poet and social justice activist known for her work to enable language access and advocacy for immigrant survivors of violence. She is the author of three collections of poetry, Terrain Tracks, Dark Lip of the Beloved and her most recent work Miracle Marks. Her debut collection, Terrain Tracks, won the Many Voices Project prize and was nominated for the Asian American Writers’ Workshop Members’ Choice Award in 2007. In addition to journals and anthologies, her work is part of public art in Iowa libraries including at Grinnell College.

    You can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents.

    Your support helps me continue to bring you stories that I hope help move and inspire you to make your dreams a reality.

    Enjoy!

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍

    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    52 min
  • #27: Zain Velji, Political Commentator & Campaign Strategist

    Zain Velji, a Partner at Northweather, a strategy and marketing firm focusing on charities, non-profits, causes, and advocacy. He is also a political commentator whose work appears weekly on CBC television. In 2017, Zain managed the re-election campaign for Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

    You can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents.

    Your support helps me continue to bring you stories that I hope help move and inspire you to make your dreams a reality.

    Enjoy!

    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍

    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    1 hr 12 min
  • #26: Romana Kassam, Singer-Songwriter and Visual Artist

    Romana Kassam is known for exploring several mediums to express her journey as a woman of colour in Toronto. Her music specifically lends a voice to the issues and ideas around identity, belonging and healing.

    
A true artist, Romana is a singer/songwriter, painter, installation artist and experience designer. As an expressionist and artist, Romana feels that it is her responsibility to use her art as a platform for awareness.

    Her music specifically lends a voice to the issues and ideas that are important to her and the many diverse communities she belongs to. Romana's music addresses identity, belonging and healing. 

    You can stream her music on Spotify, Apple Music, and more. 

    Lastly, you can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents. Your support helps me continue to bring you stories that I hope help move and inspire you to make your dreams a reality.

    Enjoy!

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍
    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    50 min
  • #25: Fahim MD, YouTuber & Sr. UX/UI Designer

    Fahim MD is a Sr. UX/UI Designer with more than 13 years of experience working with brands like Adobe, BMW, and Intel, along with a part-time YouTuber, where he posts tutorials along with tips/tricks for those interested in breaking into design.

    You can subscribe to his YouTube channel here.

    Lastly, you can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents. Whatever amount you can pledge is appreciated and helps keep the podcast going.

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    Music Credits
    Intro/Outro Music: Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM‍
    Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo 

    49 min
  • #24: Sarah Ahmed, Psychotherapist & Co-Founder, Wellnest

    Sarah Ahmed is a psychotherapist and co-founder of Wellnest, a mindfully carved a safe space that caters to folks who have had a difficult time accessing or establishing truly meaningful and resonant connections in therapy.

    Wellnest offers a diverse range of services, approaches and modalities with a focus on being anti-oppressive and anti-racist, culturally, spiritually and linguistically appropriate, provided by racially diverse group of therapists. You can learn more at wellnest.ca.

    She's got an undergraduate degree in Psychology and Masters of Social Work from the University of Toronto, specializing in mental health and addictions.

    Lastly, you can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents. Whatever amount you can pledge is appreciated and helps keep the podcast going.

    Enjoy!

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music:Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM

    ‍Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo

     

    1 hr 3 min
  • #23: Ali Hanif, Founder, Hanali

    Ali Hanif is the founder of Hanali, a sales management consulting firm that helps clients augment and build high performance sales performance teams.

    Over the past 5 years, he's worked with sales teams in over 15 countries, trained over 1,500 sales professionals and helped his clients acquire over $20 million in new sales revenue. His clients include the likes of IBM, Panasonic, and BlueDot.

    In this episode, we dive into how he got started in sales and his career transition from corporate to the tech world and to starting his own services company.

    Lastly, you can now support this podcast by heading over to patreon.com/dearbrownparents. Whatever amount you can pledge is appreciated and helps keep the podcast going.

    Enjoy!

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music:Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM

    ‍Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo

    50 min
  • #22: Niti Sarran, Owner, NS Media

    Niti Sarran is a 15-yo owner of an Instagram Agency called NS Media which helps business owners struggling with bringing awareness to their Instagram personal brand go from 0 to 10k+ followers, and earning $10k/month consistently from Instagram monetization.

    She wrote and published an e-book that breaks down her strategies in August from which she's made more than $45,000 dollars. Next up, she's building a course to expand her offering.

    You can buy her e-book here.

    Lastly, you can now support this podcast on Patreon. 

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    Music Credits

    Intro/Outro Music:Track: Nimesh Tandey - Floating SpellMusic provided by Mr. Pantomath https://youtu.be/NzTMSlRVpvM

    ‍Transition Music:Storybook & Cheese (Produced by Lukrembo)https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo

    57 min

About Dear Brown Parents with Humayun Khan

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Humayun Khan dives into the stories and journeys of South Asian artists, entrepreneurs and innovators who defy the odds and often times their parent's expectations of them to get to where they are…