You have dreamed of starting your own business for years. Now that you’re in the pre-launch stages, you may feel tempted to rush through some steps to open your new company as quickly as possible. However, it can cost you a lot more time and money when you don’t handle the legal aspects of business formation properly from the start. We discuss some of the…
Does your to-do list feel like a never-ending story? You cross a few things off the top of the list only to add a few more to the bottom. This goes on day after day and you start to feel discouraged. Surely there must be a better way to keep on top of things. The good news is that yes, there is. It’s all about…
Operating a small business is a mixed blessing for many people. Although it’s exciting to be in control of a growing company, it can be extremely stressful at the same time. This can lead feeling completely overwhelmed. Operating in this mode for too long can cause burnout and make you give up on your dreams of small business ownership altogether. The good news is that…
Starting a new business is so exciting and overwhelming that many entrepreneurs forget about marketing and advertising. They can also get discouraged when they realize that it’s hard work to inform people about their product or service. However, it’s a necessary step for business growth. What is Marketing? The general definition of marketing is that it’s a series of activities associated with selling the…
Do you avoid networking because it seems like one more thing to add to your never-ending to-do list? If so, consider that maybe you’re trying too hard. Networking can and should be a natural, authentic process that you enjoy and not something that you force yourself to do. When someone comes to mind, check-in with them at that moment if you have the time. If…
It might seem like an obvious statement to say that networking remains just as important as you advance in your career as it was when you started it. However, the strategies that you used as an entry-level employee simply won’t work for you now. What executive has time to attend every networking event, and how many LinkedIn connections can you keep up with, anyway?…
As a business owner, it’s very important that you protect your personal assets against any losses which may be sustained by your business entity, and that’s what happens in a limited liability corporation (LLC). But just establishing the right type of business is not enough to fully protect you from the uncertainties of the small business world, so there are some other kinds of insurance…
It should be fairly obvious that if you want to know whether your business is successful or not, or just how successful it really is, you need to have some way of measuring business success. It’s a bit like traveling – if you don’t know what to look for when you get there, how will you ever know when you’ve arrived? The trouble with trying…
It can be a very costly process to go through recruiting, background checking, and interviewing to find just the right employee for your company. Because of all that expense, you certainly don’t want to get it wrong, and have to repeat the process (and the cost) a second or third time. That makes it essential that you have a sound plan in mind before you…
This question is a legitimate one, given the fact that at least 42% of all business owners surveyed in a recent poll admitted that one of the primary reasons they started their own business was to be able to enjoy the kind of lifestyle which most appealed to them. The 2015 survey conducted by Credibly showed that almost half of all business owners were motivated…
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Emory WareEmory Ware is CEO/Owner of TAB Jacksonville and Business Partners Alliance. With over 30 years of executive level business experience in banking and business ownership, Emory and his organization offers business consulting, peer advisory boards and coaching, specializing in business management, corporate finance, organizational development, operational processes and strategic planning.
Emory has served in many executive positions in the banking industry as well as a partner in an oil distribution /convenient store company, where his primary focus was on Corporate finance, Operations and sales.
Emory attended Western Carolina University where he earned a BSBA degree in Finance and Management.
