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: Small Business Health Checkup

Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss the latest from SBA Head Linda McMahon, plus they welcome US Congressman Patrick McHenry from North Carolina’s 10th District to discuss the state of small business, access to funding, crowdfunding, and the Great Eclipse.

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Entrepreneur Exchange – Etsy Hobby to Full-blown Business

On this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller welcome Megan and Anthony Bourne, founders and co-owners of Bourne Southern, a family-owned and operated apparel brand in western NC.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Getting Off The Ground

Entrepreneur Exchange hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller welcome the CEO and Founder of Customized Minds Marcus Boles to get his strategies for marketing a new business and learn some lessons from Marcus’ entrepreneurial journey.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Swimming with Sharks

On this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange, hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller welcome Tricia Cooper, a professional trainer, and entrepreneur, to discuss her innovative product and her recent experience auditioning for the TV show Shark Tank.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: To Attorney or Not to Attorney

Host Jeff Neuville and guest host Byron Hicks talk with a noted attorney and author Bob Klinck about how to protect inventions, logos, and brand names, as well as when to work with an attorney—and when to do it yourself.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Musings on Millennials

Listen to this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Ivy LaClair, one of the founders of the Motivational Millennial, a Berkley, CA company that works with students to help them explore their entrepreneurial options.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Viable & Feasible

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange tackles these questions as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Gary Gale Norris of Norris Ventures to discuss business feasibility, bootstrapping, and securing feedback from customers.

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Mailbag Mania

On this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller empty out the Entrepreneur Exchange mailbag. Questions from listeners range from topics on getting a business loan to determining the right time to drink in the office

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Entrepreneur Exchange: Small Business Administration Tips & Tricks

In this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange, hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Steve White from the Small Business Administration (SBA) to tackle issues such as the elusive magical money bucket for entrepreneurs and whether the SBA will require all employees to have wrestling names

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Entrepreneur Exchange: 4th Annual Business Lessons from the Movies

You asked for it, and it’s here…the Entrepreneur Exchange’s 4th annual Business Lessons from the Movies podtactular is now available from The Mesh. Co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Chris Frye and Alan Jackson from the Footcandle Film Society to share their recommendations for movies with a business lesson which you can watch over the holidays when the family conversation lags

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