Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs — HBS Working Knowledge: "'I've heard many war stories,' says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business Plan Contest, Bagley gives a seminar in which she shares these war stories with the prospective entrepreneurs, in the form of a list of 'top ten' legal mistakes often made by the unsuspecting. In addition, Bagley teaches the second year elective course, 'Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship,' which covers the waterfront of issues typically faced by entrepreneurs in starting and running a business, including securities and intellectual property law issues."