Talon Talks

Episode 2: Douglas Muir (’84)

As founder and CEO of the private equity firm Muir & Associates, Douglas Muir has built several multi-million dollar companies from the ground up. He has also hosted a radio show, and taught entrepreneurship at University of Virginia.

We talked with Douglas about key factors in starting a business, how to reduce employee turnover, and how he kept his firm afloat during the Great Recession.

Fans of Klyde Morris, the so-called “Aviator Ant,” will recognize Wes Oleszewski’s name immediately. The comic strip has been published in The Avion for more than 40 years, but Wes is also a bestselling author of more than two dozen non-fiction books — covering topics from Great Lakes shipwrecks, to World War II, to space flight. He just published his first fiction novel, a spy thriller called Invisible Evil, and regularly writes for the Aero News Network.

Fans of Klyde Morris, the so-called “Aviator Ant,” will recognize Wes Oleszewski’s name immediately. The comic strip has been published in The Avion for more than 40 years, but Wes is also a bestselling author of more than two dozen non-fiction books — covering topics from Great Lakes shipwrecks, to World War II, to space flight. He just published his first fiction novel, a spy thriller called Invisible Evil, and regularly writes for the Aero News Network.