By Paul Graham, March 2009 When we sold our startup in 1998 I thought one day I’d do some angel investing. Seven years later I still hadn’t started. I put it off because it seemed mysterious and complicated. It turns out to be easier than I expected, and also more interesting. The part I thought [...]

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In Qatar, we agree with Entrepreneur.com that the devil’s in the details when taking money from–and structuring a deal with–friends, family and angel investors. No matter who you’re raising capital from and no matter whether you’re raising money in the form of debt or equity funding, you’ll be faced with the prospect of financing agreements [...]

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Ben Yoskovitz’s .instigatorblog.com says… In Qatar, when raising money from venture capitalists or angels, you’ll want to meet as many as possible. They won’t all invest, but each time you pitch, you get better. Each time you pitch, you get asked different questions, get different opinions and ideas. It’s worth it to pitch as many [...]

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In Qatar, entrepreneurs can save time and angst by looking beyond banks and other mythical sources of startup capital. According to Entrepreneur.com, one of the major obstacles entrepreneurs face in starting a business is raising the money they need. It can be the most time-consuming, frustrating and disheartening factor in launching a new venture. They [...]

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Ben Yoskovitz’s .instigatorblog.com is a great resource, he states… …I’ve written about pitching investors before. And I’ve also posted some common questions investors will ask during the investment process. The points I made in both posts remain true, but here are some additional insights I’ve learned over the last few months of pitching, pitching and [...]

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Entrepreneurs looking for investors in Qatar often feel they can’t be choosy. If they need money, their reasoning goes, they have no business turning away anyone who has it. Angel investor David Cohen, co-founder of the Boulder, Colo., startup accelerator TechStars, says this approach is wrong. In the new book Do More Faster, authored with [...]

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