This is a 2003 article titled Top Ten Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs by Constance Bagley, an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School and a staff writer for HBS Working Knowledge. In this article, Constance discusses the most frequent flops made by entrepreneurs, everything from hiring the wrong lawyer to puffing up the business plan.

Professor Bagley has appeared on CBS, CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio, and was a member of the faculty of the Young Presidents’ Organization International University for Presidents in Prague in 2002 and in Hong Kong in 1988.

Professor Bagley is also the author of The Entrepreneuer’s Guide To Business Law, a highly rated book covering and anticipating legal issues for a start-up - right from the idea stage, through the stages of growth, up to an initial public offering.

Some reviews from Amazon.com:

Any person beginning a new start-up should pick this up before they get much further than an idea.

This book deserves to be on the shelf of every entrepreneur.

This is an excellent guide for the do-it-yourself entrepreneur.

So don’t miss the article Top Ten Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs, and get the book The Entrepreneuer’s Guide To Business Law if you are an entrepreneur.