Here is a short article based on a panel discussion at Harvard that included successful entrepreneurs. After reading the piece I can honestly say that I disagree with almost all of their advice. Seriously. Things like don’t overpromise? What new business hasn’t had to make promises they weren’t sure if they could keep? Also, the focus on non-disclosure agreements? While this may hold for highly technical firms, I have found that there is a mile between idea and execution and just b/c someone knows what your idea is, it doesn’t mean they can just then go out and do it, otherwise you as the entrepreneur would have done it already and wouldn’t be out talking to people.
