Small businesses often take on a culture of their own from the very beginning. The founder and first employees help to create this company culture, and in the best of circumstances they pass it along to those who come along later. However, culture can also get lost when a company grows quickly. This leaves both old and new employees feeling confused about where they fit…
On the surface, it might seem like customer complaints are a bad thing, and that they’re just the opinions of people having a bad day, and taking it out on you. However, there are some very useful things about customer complaints, so instead of ignoring them, you should try to derive as much value as possible from them. Keep in mind that it’s much better…
Many small businesses make the mistake of having a strategic planning session without ever accomplishing much of anything. Although business leaders write down goals, they don’t include specific ways to meet them or measure their effectiveness. While intentions are good, the problem usually boils down to not having a specific strategic planning method in place. This can make for a lot of inefficiency and wasted…
As a business owner, you may have heard that it costs up to five times more to find new customers than to keep the ones you already have. You also know that the latter isn’t always so easy to do. In this highly competitive business climate where customers expect fast, personalized service, your competition is just a click away if you fail to meet their…
You might not think that hiring the wrong person for a job would be a particularly damaging mistake, but statistics reported by CareerBuilder would disagree with that. In a recent survey, it was found that at least 66% of all American businesses felt they had been heavily impacted by making a bad hire, and almost half of those affected businesses declared that the mistake cost…
Most small business owners are probably well aware of the fact that the majority of small businesses eventually fail, and that can lead to a fear of failure which is almost universal. However, there is some good news about all these failures – they tend to fall into a very few consistent categories and reasons, and if you know what those reasons are, you have…
Although every business owner understands the importance of healthy cash flow, many struggle to maintain it. Without access to liquid assets, it can be impossible for the business to grow. After all, owners need money to purchase additional equipment and inventory, hire more employees, establish an emergency fund, invest more resources in research and development, and afford several other common business growth expenses. When the…
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…
It has been estimated that approximately 80% of all business conducted around the globe is done online, and even if your particular business is not exclusive to the web, you will undoubtedly benefit by having a strong website that will increase your visibility to the world. If you don’t have a website already, you need to get one designed, developed, and implemented as soon as…
© 2023 The Alternative Board. Powered by 
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.
