[BishoyDemian]

I'd never put stress on my personal relationships for a business that have chances to fail as much as chances to succeed. my best bet here would be VC, its a professional way to handle investment, and you will be sharing your company with someone yes, but still own your idea/company mostly and have influence and you'll learn a lot about investment fund management and other perspectives of a startup you might have not though about.

[eibrahim]

the problem is that it is a ton of work to raise money... friends and family is a lot easier...

[BishoyDemian]

its easy once you figure out how your startup is going to be profitable and try to prove that to VC funds, and its a good idea to put some effort in articulating your business goals, and plans.