Entrepreneur Exchange

Having an on-line presence doesn’t mean anything if your customers can’t find you, and they’re probably using Google to track you down. This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes Demming Bass with New Marketing Makeover, who explains how to “Googlize” your business so that you can improve your Google ranking and on-line visibility. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller share their summer readi...

Let’s make your business more efficient! This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes Nathaniel Holmes from Small Business Solutions, who shares low-cost and no-cost technology solutions to operate your business more efficiently. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss why new businesses struggle to secure capital, and the guys share their Small Businesses of the Month. Get it now while it...

Looking to start your apparel brand or textile business, but need help In finding a manufacturer? This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes Tanya Wade from the Carolina Textile District, an organization which connects start-ups to suppliers. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller sort out entrepreneurship myths from FAKE NEWS, and share their always interesting small businesses of the month. C...

Time to break out the Entrepreneur Exchange mailbag, as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller answer questions sent in by listeners ranging from starting a marijuana farm to working with millennials to assessing how recent changes in tax law will impact small business. Plus they share their small businesses of the month, including healthy food in vending machines and not-so-healthy frozen snacks. It...

Is your business wherever your laptop is located? This month’s Entrepreneur Exchanges explores the pros and cons of a virtual business with entrepreneur Julia Matheson, founder and owner of Travel Julia’s Way, a travel consulting business which uses blogging, videos, and networking to differentiate itself from the competition. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss creative bootstrapping...

This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes best-selling author and speaker EJ Carrion who discusses his business, Student Success Agency, which is changing the counseling and advising model for high school students as they transition to college.  Plus EJ discusses his work with high school and college students and how today’s students are approaching entrepreneurship and starting their own busine...

You need to know your market, but few start-ups have the budget to pay someone to conduct their market research. Never fear, this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange welcomes Deanna Day, a senior research analyst with North Carolina’s Small Business and Technology Development Center, who shares free and low-cost resources and strategies to help you identify your customers and study your competitors. Plu...

Can a start-up magazine succeed in the age of blogs, podcasts and Twitter? This month’s Entrepreneur Exchange highlights the start-up journey of Carmen Eckard who has successfully created a regional magazine called Foothills Digest, focusing on the foothills of North Carolina. Carmen shares her story, plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss ways local government can support entrepreneurs...

Ready to work smarter and harder in 2018? Check out this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange podcast as hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Todd Lyden of the NC Small Business Center Network, who shares his 2018 Top 10 Productivity Apps for Small Business. Plus, a lesson on finding your competitive advantage and our most recent edition of Small Business of the Month…which includes the #1 h...

It’s back…the Entrepreneur Exchange’s 5th annual Business Lessons from the Movies Podtacular. Co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller are joined by Alan Jackson and Chris Frye, founders of the Footcandle Film Society, to share their recommendations for movies with a business lesson which you can watch over the holidays to rescue you from those awkward conversations with your in-laws. And check out...

Developing a new product is a challenge for many entrepreneurs, from identifying a manufacturer through the prototyping and product development process. This month's Entrepreneur Exchange gives you a roadmap, as Doug Auer with Custom Design Group joins hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller to talk through the steps for getting your product manufactured. Plus, is the world ready for Amazon Key? And n...

Getting your business on the web is great, but having your business get FOUND on the web makes all the difference. In this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange, hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller welcome Bonnie Minor from WordJack Media to discuss strategies for Search Engine Optimization and improving your search rankings. And when is the right time for a new business owner to start taking a salary? Je...

What is the health of small business and what are today’s biggest roadblocks for entrepreneurs? 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. Plus a new editio...

How do you take your Etsy hobby to a 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. Megan and Anthony share their start-up story and give some valuable tips for how they’ve grown their business through Instagram and ot...

How should you market your new venture to get it 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.  Plus, if you’re going to do a mission statement do it right.  Jeff and Gary provide some helpful tips...

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. Thinking about trying out for the show? How should you prepare and what should you expect…this month’s podcast pulls back the curtain on how to get ready to swim...

How should your new business cost-effectively engage an attorney? Host Jeff Neuville and guest host Byron Hicks talk with 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. Check out this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange to save some money, and check out our regular Small Business of the Mo...

Are today’s millennials tomorrow’s entrepreneurs? 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 which works with students to help them explore their entrepreneurial options. They also talk crowdsourcing options as a way to reduce expenses, plus share their smal...

How do you determine whether a new business is viable and feasible? And what are low cost ways to collect market research on your new business? 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. Plus our regular Small...

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. Don’t know when to celebrate Meat Day? Listen to this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange for answers to these important questions, plus ideas for 2017 business...

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. They also cover the many services and resources that the SBA provides to assist start-ups and small busine...

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....

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. Jeff and Gary also share ideas on how you should come up with the right name for your business, plus this month’s edition of Small Business of the Month runs the gamut from fo...

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. Hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller also share lessons from the founders of today’s fastest growing private companies as well as their selections for small business of the month. Check it out at the Entrepreneur Exchange! See Priv...

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. In addition, co-hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller share some performance metrics for your business which you’re probably not thinking about, plus highlight two new small businesses of the month to help you...