★★★★★ "Must read for entrepreneurs, investors, and victims of fraud!" - Lab Scientist If you are dreaming of becoming a business owner or investing in a business and you have been listening to gurus who say you can make a mint in just a few years by buying businesses, this cautionary advice is for you! This book is here to help you not make the most common mistakes when investing your hard earned money in a business. It is a fast-paced, fascinating tale, annotated throughout with tips for how to avoid a bad fate. For those managing business incubators, teaching seminars to retirees and others looking to invest in businesses they intend to grow, ours is a case study of what NOT to do. We're a real life lesson, but our story isn't what the gurus tell you. You couldn't make up a story like ours. Obviously, the names and a few details are changed. We're supposed to say that's to protect the innocent, but it's really mostly to duck out of showing ourselves as the suckers we were. Welcome to our nightmare. May you NEVER have one like it.