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: The Tax Man Is Coming!

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange asks that question and more to Jeremy Fortner, Tax Manager at Martin Starnes and Associates CPAs, an accounting firm in western North Carolina.

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The MESH & CVCC Small Business Center Win State-Wide Award!

CVCC SMALL BUSINESS CENTER AND THE MESH NETWORK WIN STATE-WIDE AWARD...

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Marketing Mayhem!

Hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined on this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange by Russ Seagle from The Premier Entrepreneurship Group to talk about effective low-cost marketing techniques for your start-up or small business and destroy some long-held marketing myths

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Dirtball Fashion

What happens when an entrepreneur wants to create his own apparel brand made from 100% recycled fibers and manufactured in the USA? Listen to this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange with hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller as they talk with Joe Fox

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Linking Up With LinkedIn

Is LinkedIn your tool to promote yourself or to promote your company? Or both? LinkedIn expert Teddy Burris joins Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller to discuss how small businesses are using LinkedIn to market themselves, connect to potential customers and conduct market research

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Building Your Brand

Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Matt Everley from m.e. Design Lab to discuss how to go about building your brand

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Manufacturing Solutions Center

Are manufacturing start-ups dead? Not if you hear what is going on with the Manufacturing Solutions Center in western NC. Entrepreneur Exchange co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller talk with Dan St. Louis, the Executive Director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center (MSC)

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Promoting Your Business

Is Facebook still a viable way to promote your small business? Hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Susan Grunwald, owner of The Creative Edge in Atlanta, to discuss how to set up a business Facebook page and how to make sure your posts reach your target audience.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Getting the Grant

Is there a grant out there for your business? Listen to this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange to find out if there are grants available for your business and where you should look for them.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Buying Or Selling A Business

Sometimes the best way to get into business is to buy an existing business. Hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss the pros and cons of buying a business with Todd Blair, a Business Broker and Certified Valuation Analyst with Murphy Business and Finance Corporation

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