Laying down the law: don't be legally blind--watch for these common start-up blunders.(BIZ 101)(Brief Article)

YOU JUST STARTED YOUR BUSINESS--who has time to think about an exit strategy? If you're putting off making such plans, you've committed a very common legal mistake, says Alan S. Kopit, partner at Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP in Cleveland and advisor to Lawyers.com. "Now is the time to decide those issues--not after a problem develops," he says. Here, Kopit runs down a few more common legal blunders to avoid:

* Failing to get good advice: Don't ever go it alone. Instead, Kopit suggests entrepreneurs enlist the services and counsel of a good lawyer, an accountant and an insurance agent at the very beginning of their startup ventures. "Younger [entrepreneurs] particularly need people to bounce their ideas off of," he says.

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