Business Coaching

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

A Metro Augusta organization wants to give parents and their children skills today that will teach leadership for tomorrow. Your company can help as well. Resilient Communities of East Georgia (RCEG) is holding the 2026 Resilient Teen Summit this Saturday, Aug. 29th. The summit will examine challenges facing teens as they prepare to be the next generation of leaders. The organization began the Resilient Teens program six years ago, and this will be the 14th cohort. The summit is for students in grades six through 12. Best said, a goal

Publisher’s Note: Dr. Rick Franza and his wife hiked Danali, visited sea lions, “held up” the Alaska pipeline, and spent a lot of time as customers mostly focused on the hospitality sector. Here are Rick’s lessons learned from his 17-day trip to the Northwest, starting with his daughter’s wedding in Seattle and concluding with an escorted tour of five cities in Alaska BELOW. We spent much of our time as customers of service businesses, often focused on the hospitality sector (e.g., guest stays, food, drink, entertainment, fun). Such a trip

I’m back! You may have noticed my absence from the Augusta Business Daily (ABD) for a few weeks. My first week away was spent in Seattle, Washington, primarily for the wedding of the younger of my two daughters, Augusta Jayne, better known as AJ. As the father of the bride, I was primarily responsible for paying for the wedding (i.e., ceremony, reception, photography, florist, etc.). My trip to the Pacific Northwest yielded a chock-full of lessons on running our businesses. (Note: The groom’s family paid for a splendid rehearsal dinner