Changing My Brand and Apologizing to Bahjat Homsi

Changing My Brand and Apologizing to Bahjat Homsi

When I wanted to start my own VC firm, I considered more than 5 names. But the best available name was Sinbad Ventures, which was inspired by the stories Bahjat Homsi (@BahjatHomsi) used to tell me about Sindibad The Sailor and how he was actually an entrepreneur from Arabia.

The way Bahjat puts it is that all the stories of Sindibad voyages were originally business trips to bring the best goods from around the world and sell them in Arabia.

This sounded like a perfect match for the concept of Sinbad Ventures, were we wanted to find the best startups/entrepreneurs from Arabia (Sinbads) and help them make adventures in the globe to pursue International capital. I also changed my personal blog name to: Sinbad The VC, to reflect this same concept.

The thing is that Bahjat has already started a company using this brand for business news and reports, and when I started Sinbad Ventures he was worried about confusing people with two brands having the same story.

He was right, and I think it’s time to give him back the control of his own brand, and change mine. I also would like to apologize to him for not taking his worries into consideration which resulted in confusing his company’s clients and readers.

So I will soon inshallah change my company’s name, and my personal blog’s name as well to a new brand. I will also change my twitter handle, and of course the name of the video show I started few weeks ago.

I have not decided yet on the new name, but it will come inshallah :-)