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From the matchmaking app Salaam Swipe (yes, a Muslim tinder) to Umma Spot, an Airbnb for Muslims, NPR reports that the entrepreneur community for Muslim-Americans is alive and well.
“There’s a familiar immigrant story to these startups,” comments Sahiba Ansari, a representative from the American Muslim Consumer Consortium. “I definitely do see [Muslim entrepreneurs] following the trend of the Jewish and Hispanic market.” “It’s the American dream at work,” continues Benjamin Jones, a professor of entrepreneurship and emerging markets at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. “And entrepreneurship of course is an important part of that process.”
