Entrepreneur Exchange

Hosted ByJeff Neuville & Gary Muller

A lively conversation between small business owners, entrepreneurs, and business experts sharing tools and tips to assist new businesses get up and running and existing small business grow and prosper in this challenging economy.

The Entrepreneur Exchange is a lively conversation between small business owners, entrepreneurs, and business experts sharing tools and tips to assist new businesses get up and running and existing small business grow and prosper in this challenging economy. Topics include small business funding issues, economical ways to market and promote your business, and resources available to entrepreneurs. And more!

 

Your Hosts

Jeff Neuville is Director of the Small Business Center at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory, NC, where he works with entrepreneurs and small business owners to assist them in starting and growing businesses.  Jeff spent most of his business career as an Executive with a mid-sized North Carolina apparel manufacturing company before starting his own business to assist companies develop profitability improvement strategies.  In addition to his work with start-ups and small businesses, Jeff is a dedicated fan of his beloved North Carolina Tar Heels, particularly during basketball season.  Connect to Jeff on LinkedIn or on Twitter @jeffneuville.

Gary Muller is the Dean of the School of Workforce Development and the Arts at Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC). He has his BA and MBA from Wake Forest University and is a Certified Public Accountant. He is also the co-owner of two businesses. The businesses focus on real estate development and investment management. He has over 20 years of business experience in public accounting, franchising of specialty retail snack food shops and manufacturing. The last 12 years have been spent in education at CVCC. Gary is also the SkillsUSA Co-Director for the Challenger and CVCC Chapter. Of course, everyone knows Gary is a diehard Wake Forest Deacon Deacon fan and he bleeds black and gold!!


All Episodes

Entrepreneur Exchange: Let’s Eat!

Ready to chow down? This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange will make you hungry as Melissa Early, Manager of the Conover (NC) Famer’s Market joins hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller to talk about ways to market a food business

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Linking Up

This month the Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes LinkedIn expert Teddy Burriss to explain how businesses can use LinkedIn to increase their network and grow their business.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Leadership Characteristics

The Entrepreneur Exchange explores leadership characteristics for your small business and start-up with author and motivational speaker Chad Bumgarner, President and founder of CDB Consulting.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Building Your On-Line Presence

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange tries to stay cool in the summer heat, as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by graphic designer Jordan Johnson from Mess Marketing to identify ways for new businesses to build their online presence.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Keeping Customers a Priority

Author Tema FrThis month’s Entrepreneur Exchange talks customer service with noted author Tema Frank, who has recently published her new book PeopleShock, The Path to Profits When Customers Rule to come up with strategies to keep customers a priority and improve communication inside and outside of your organization.ank talks customer service.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: The Elusive Magical Money Bucket

On this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller don’t find the magical money bucket, but with the help of guest Byron Hicks from the NC Small Business and Technology Development Center they are able to identify the various funding options which new businesses and small businesses have at their disposal.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Building Your Brand

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange digs deep as co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by branding expert Cesar Hernandez with Medium Rare Strategy to discuss how businesses should evaluate and develop their brand position.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Legal Issues For Your Start-up

The Entrepreneur Exchange looks at the legal aspects of forming a new business with Michael Boyer of Carolina Craft Legal to make sense of business structures and other legal questions that start-ups need to think about.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Valuing a Business

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Sara Cartee with County South Business Brokers to talk about the in’s and out’s of valuing a business and closing a transaction.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Securing a Business Loan

Looking for that loan to help your start-up or small business? This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange covers the “Do’s” and “Don’ts” for securing a business loan with BB&T Small Business Specialist Dan Collinson.

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