“Everybody you meet in business is going to be nice”. Yeah, right! One of the best things about being in a start-up business is that most people are trying to achieve the same result, which makes for a friendly and constructive working environment. However, the sad truth in the world is that not everybody is there to help you. Rather like the Fox giving you a lift across the river in the children’s stories, some people are there to rip you off, make your life miserable, steal intellectual property, or just get one over on you. Sadly, fraud is a very real factor in business life. It is not my intention to make anybody about to launch himself or herself into a start-up become paranoid. All I’d really like to do is get off my chest some of the things which I have seen happen, and to give one solid piece of advice: If it looks too good to be true, just walk away, whatever you’ve already invested   more »