DebtFreeMuslims Podcast

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Mon, 23 March 2015

E23 - Crowdfunding with Chris Blauvelt from LaunchGood.com

This episode covers:

Picking a career path
The importance of low-risk experiments like internships
How LaunchGood started, and what all this "crowd-funding" business really is
Challenges with crowd-funding specific to the Muslim community
How crowd funding is changing as it grows, and a critical look at personal/individual crowd-funding campaigns
LaunchGood's filtering process for what they allow on their site, and promoting responsible crowd-funding.
Providing a means of giving sadaqah in a directly impactful way
Misconceptions about crowd-funding
Should you donate to relief projects through crowd-funding instead of established charities?
Should you use crowd-funding to get out of personal debts?
Why LaunchGood turned down a Masjid's crowd-funding campaign, and how they ended up raising the money anyways
People raising funds for Islamic education, challenges dealing with your local community, and accountability
Chris' favorite LaunchGood project
Creating win-win crowd-funding campaigns

Links:

Website: http://launchgood.com
Launchgood on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/launchgood
Launchgood on Twitter: https://twitter.com/launchgood

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Direct download: 23_-_Debt_Free_Muslims_-_Chris_Blauvelt.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:14am EDT

Mon, 16 March 2015

Episode 22 - Navaid Aziz, Homes, Student Loans, and Cars

Guest: Navaid Aziz

Topics Covered:

-How communities can help provide alternatives to student loans

-How to apply the fatwa that says student loans are a necessity

-How to buy a car with halal financing (easier than you might think)

-House buying

-How to increase the barakah in your finances

Connect With Navaid Aziz

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/navaidaziz

-Twitter: http://twitter.com/NavaidAziz

-YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/iiscmultimedia

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Direct download: Episode_22_-_Navaid_Aziz.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:33am EDT

Mon, 2 March 2015

Episode 21: Money and Marriage with Eyad Alnaslah

We're really excited speak with Eyad Alnaslah who is a CPA in the Southern California area. Eyad wrote an article for Suhaib Webb's website back in 2013 called "M&M's: Marriage and Money."

Here are some of the topics I discuss with Eyad about marriage and money:

Financial compatibility in a marriage
Focusing on work ethics
How to grow financially as a couple
Overindulgence in regards to many financial aspects of marriage

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Eyad's article on marriage and money: http://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/hot-topics/mms-marriage-and-money/
How to create a budget by Haroon Malik: http://debtfreemuslims.com/basics-budgeting/

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Direct download: episode21.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:00am EDT