From the course: CEO Mona Ataya Redefines the Working Mother

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Fundraising and investors

Fundraising and investors

- [Speaker 1] Since you had a proven track record as an entrepreneur was it, did that make it easier to raise money? - [Speaker 2] I was never involved in the fundraising for Bayt. With Mumzworld, the fundraising was new and I had to learn. If I, if I had any hesitation that was squashed by the fact that I was able to raise seed capital super, super super fast. I wrote the business plan. I shared it with Rabiah, just as an FYI and he was excited and he said, you know if you launch this, I'll be a seed investor. And then the rest was history. - [Speaker 1] Mano recruited a friend to help with business development and her younger brother, another brother joined as co-founders. But while Mumzworld's first round of fundraising was super easy for them, growing an e-commerce company requires ongoing investment especially in its first years. And by 2014, which is kind of a funny thing to say today looking around at…

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