Harun Rashid is a serial entrepreneur. He is also the co-founder of Islamic Design House - a pioneering modest fashion brand.

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Tody Tarek Fahim runs Endure Capital - a successful VC based in Palo Alto, California. He was also one of the early investors in the ride-hailing app Careem which recently got acquired by Uber. 

Tarek was born and raised in Kuwait by Egyptian engineer parents. His parents set an example by helping others in the community. 

This lesson in helping others towards fulfillment as a human being pushed him forward all throughout his life.  This is why he created an NGO Alboraq while studying at the university as an engineer. 

Later in his career, he always felt this itch for helping others more than just working as an engineer. This led him to study his MBA, then starting his own startup from scratch later helping other entrepreneurs as a VC. 

At the end of the day, we invest in people. Companies may succeed or fail. People are the right thing to "bet" on.

–Tarek Fahim

Listen to the full episode for the hidden gems and once how he almost became a dentist :)

Br. Anas was born and raised in England. Growing up he began to notice the materialistic nature of his surroundings and it felt like a "cold" and "empty" place. He was looking for a greater purpose in life.

After World War II in 1947, there was a division of British ruled lands into India and Pakistan. Many Muslim families started migrating to Pakistan. Br. Arif's dad was one of these immigrants. When he came to Pakistan he almost had nothing but a suitcase of books. In other words, he had to start from scratch in a new land. He loved books and the books helped him to rediscover himself again as one of the leading book publishers after many years in Pakistan.

In 1980, there was a change in the air. This time it was a "computer revolution". His dad bought a computer to learn the new possibilities and what it may mean for his book publishing business. For br. Arif and his brothers, the computer was a new toy where they can play games. The boys soon started learning more about coding to develop their own games.

Sabiha and her parents migrated from India to the USA when she was one year old. It was another 8 years before she could visit India again.  While she enjoyed the visit she also noticed the vast difference between these two worlds.  

Much later when she was at the right age, she was introduced to her future husband during one of these visits. You may call it an arranged marriage, but for Sabiha and her father, it was uplifting and helping a community member similar to what her parents did. 

Even though it started with helping one more fellow human being towards a better life, this marriage ended up being much more productive. 

It turns out that her husband Faisal Masood is a serial entrepreneur and one of those Muslims on "fire". 

Faisal and Sabiha are the co-founders of AMCC. It is a non-profit organization to empower Muslim startups and entrepreneurs. 

Sometimes all it takes is just one email to change someone's life course to 180 degrees. This is what happened to our guest in this episode. 

Muhammad's life was just the way he wanted. He was working at a bank and making a good living. 

Until one day he received an email. He discovered he could no longer keep doing what he was doing and had to quit his job. 

What would you do in this case? Listen to the full episode to find out what Muhammad did and where he is today.

He was adopted as the 11th child. His home was so tight that he had to sleep under a dining table instead of a bed.  

Today he is the CEO and Founder of Brainy Bunch - Islamic Montessori Schools. It is over 100+ schools today and they teach to 6000+ students.

It may seem far fetched, but there is a deep connection where he was raised and what he does today. Listen to the full episode to discover the links. 

Sh. Ismail Kamdar was born in South Africa. He lost his father at an early age. He also started his Islamic education at 13 initially to please his mom. Soon he found himself in the ocean of Islamic knowledge and he loved it so he became a life long student.

Shahed studied to be an engineer as his father. Yet he ended up pursuing a career as a serial entrepreneur. Among others, he is the founder of Zabihah (www.zabihah.com) - the original halal guide for halal restaurants. Today he is a managing director at a private equity firm Frost Capital.