In the world of entrepreneurship, unexpected blunders can strike at any moment, leaving even the most seasoned business leaders uttering "Uh-Oh!" In this insightful guide, entrepreneur, corporate innovation catalyst, and small-business mentor William Holsten draws from his own rollercoaster journey with his small business startup WhirlWhims LLC to offer a candid look at the pitfalls and triumphs of launching and sustaining a business.

Holsten expertly navigates the landscape of common missteps we all encounter in personal and professional settings with a blend of humor and hard-earned wisdom. Through engaging anecdotes and relatable examples, he illustrates a variety of unintentional blunders that led to embarrassing, expensive, and sometimes tragic negative consequences. But Holsten doesn’t stop at just identifying the pitfalls; he also provides ten proven tools to help you identify vulnerabilities and avoid these costly mistakes, including how to:

Analyze your own personal blunder tendencies

Conduct a “premortem”

Use checklists

Find and learn from experts and mentors

Leverage “UhOhology™,” to learn from others’ mistakes

Don’t let unintentional “UH-OH!” moments threaten your entrepreneurial dreams. Goof-proof your business: Arm yourself with the tools and exercises in this book to protect it from avoidable blunders.