September 10, 2026

Owners of startups and established businesses face a laundry list of potential pitfalls from financing to marketing to customer retention. But there is one that may slip by: a simple goof-up, large or small. SCORE, with an Aiken chapter, is an organization of retired business leaders that mentor business owners and held a webinar called Goof-Proof Your Business: Prevent Costly Mistakes Before They Happen. Led by William Holsten, a business mistake prevention specialist and mentor with SCORE’S Delaware chapter, the message was clear. No matter how long someone has been