It’s back…the Entrepreneur Exchange’s 6th annual Business Lessons from the Movies Podtacular is now available on The MESH. 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 their Small Business of the Month recommendations which include...

How do you protect your business name, logo, and brand?  This month's Entrepreneur Exchange explains the trademark process with guest Molly Gross from western NC law firm Patrick, Harper, and Dixon.  Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss how companies are working with college students to promote their products on social media, and they share their small businesses of the month.  It's all here on the Entrepreneur Exchange on The MESH podcast network!

Many new businesses are ready to go on-line and promote on social media, but they don’t recognize the value of networking to connect to potential customers. Mark Sakatos, a Director/Consultant with BNI the world’s largest business networking and referral organization joins this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange to talk about the power of networking, referrals, and how BNI has helped his business. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Ben Hoyle remind local businesses to get ready for the upcoming holiday...

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 reading and their always eclectic small businesses of the month. It’s all here on this month’s...

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’s hot, this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange is on The MESH podcast network!

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. Check it out on the latest Entrepreneur Exchange, part of The MESH podcast network!

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’s your entrepreneurship information ­ and entertainment ­ source, catch it all on this month’s...

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 methods to get your business off the ground, share their small businesses of the month, and...

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 business.  EJ has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as a Top 30 Entrepreneur under the age of 30, and...

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. Plus hosts Jeff Neuville and Gary Muller discuss the pros and cons of business incubators, and they...

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 and reveal their hot small businesses of the month including the proverbial, “better mouse trap.”...

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 hatchet throwing franchise in the country. All this and more on this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange...

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 their Small Business of the Month recommendations which include teddy bears, magazines, contact...

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 new small businesses for you to check out...all on this month's Entrepreneur Exchange on The MESH...

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? Jeff and Gary give you some guidelines to take a salary in a way that doesn’t kill your business....

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 edition of the Entrepreneur Exchange’s Small Business of the Month feature, with Jeff, Gary and...

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 other social media platforms. Plus Jeff and Gary are ready to introduce “cobots” to your small...

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 for writing your mission statement, and share their small businesses of the month.  All here on...

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 with the sharks. Plus Jeff and Gary explain how one organization’s lack of a mission statement...

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 Month feature.

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 small businesses of the month. Check it out on this month’s Entrepreneur Exchange!

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 Business of the Month feature with a restaurant and a start-up from a 15-year old entrepreneur....

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 start-ups and our regular Business of the Month feature.  

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 businesses, as well as strategies for pricing your product or service. Plus, stay on board for the...

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. And check out their Small Business of the Month recommendations for cool new businesses as well...