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Entrepreneurship: Finding the finances

by Livia Murray

There is a lot of money sitting around in Lebanon and in the region that could be invested in startups. But in a landscape that barely existed just six years ago, investors are risk-averse, and the ones that do invest frequently ask for exorbitant amounts of equity. Meanwhile, entrepreneurs often expect investors to relinquish their money for too little of a product. Both sides need to make some concessions for the money to start flowing. Managing expectations While plenty of startups and entrepreneurs have sprouted in the past five years, one of the biggest reasons that relatively few are receiving funding is that investors do not always see a worthy caliber. “Not all entrepreneurs or startups deserve to be funded,” says Tarek Sadi, managing director of Endeavor, an NGO that supports entrepreneurs. “I think there was a huge buzz around entrepreneurship which was great because it brought it out there.

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