Friends and Family Investment


Recent Friends and Family Investment Articles

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

By Meg Cadoux Hirshberg |  Nov 1, 2009

Thanksgiving dinner or meeting of the board? When your family members are investors in your business, the lines get blurry.  Read more


Big Love [Audio]

By Max Chafkin and Rod Kurtz |  Jul 13, 2007

When you're starting a company, it can be tempting to hit up friends and family for that much-needed first investment. But, oh, can it backfire. Staff wri...  Watch video


Blood Money

By Alison Stein Wellner |  Dec 1, 2003

Hitting up family and friends is the most common way to finance a start-up. It's also the riskiest.  Read more


Funding From Family: A Recipe for Disaster?

By Raymond Hennessey |  Jul 1, 2003

Friends and family are a common source of initial investment, but their presence as shareholders can cause havoc when you try to raise additional capital.  Read more


Where Do You Go?

By Tom Ehrenfeld |  Apr 24, 2002

Small-business expert and former Inc writer Tom Ehrenfeld discusses the various financing options entrepreneurs have in this excerpt from his b...  Read more


Borrowing: Avoiding Problems with Family and Friends

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jul 1, 1996

A quick look at the pitfalls of borrowing from friends or family and how to avoid them.  Read more


Borrowing: A Different Twist on Family Loans

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1996

A CEO explains how he was able to use some of his family members' assets for loans fairly risk-free.  Read more


Three Steps to Borrowing from Family or Friends

Jan 1, 1995

Keeping the relationship professional is the key to successful borrowing from close acquaintances.  Read more


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