#33. Shahed Amanullah: The Silicon Valley Veteran

Shahed Amanullah is a serial entrepreneur and a Silicon Valley veteran. In 1998, he founded Zabihah.com, the world’s first Halal restaurant guide. He is the co-founder of Zakatify, a social initiative in partnership with PayPal which turns your annual Zakat giving into social experience for Muslim communities and beyond. Shahed has also co-founded Affinis Labs, an award-winning social innovation firm that helps clients tackle global challenges through entrepreneurship. Shahed served as a Senior Advisor for Technology for the US State Department and has also briefed President Barack Obama several times on efforts to bring together Americans and the global Muslim communities. In this episode, we talk about Shahed’s entrepreneurial journey, his passion for creating companies with a social impact, inspiring global Muslim tech communities under the Obama administration, pros and cons of current trends within global Muslim businesses and exploring the concept of the ‘by us, for them’ business model. We enjoyed our conversation with the Silicon Valley veteran, gaining great insight in to business trends within the Muslim communities and his genuine passion for social impact via technology. If you liked this episode, please leave us a review on Apple Podcast Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Android or Spotify Follow us on Instagram or Facebook For feedback, banter or any business enquiries, e-mail us at [email protected]