Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey

SmartFem Presents: Behind the Barefoot Wine Brand

We were interviewed on SmartFem TV by host, Lea Woodford. The interview can be seen in North America, the United… Read More

6 years ago

How to think about exiting your business (even if you’re never going to sell)

We often hear business owners say, “I don’t need to think about an exit strategy because I’m not going to… Read More

6 years ago

Alaska Is Offering Entrepreneurs a Huge Renewable Energy Opportunity

It’s crazy that Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas but its largest city has only 304,000 people. It’s isolated… Read More

6 years ago

Does Your Company Have a Customer Intel Department?

In most large companies, the customer service department is strictly for complaint resolution. Companies usually relegate customer service to the… Read More

6 years ago

3 Ways to Get Your Vendors to Reduce Your Need for Cash

When we talk to young startups these days, we repeatedly hear them asking for the same thing, “Cash!” It's true… Read More

6 years ago

Work with Your Community to Create Advocates

Every time we speak, it never fails that at least one member of the audience comes up and asks, “I'm… Read More

6 years ago

3 Lessons to Vitalize Your Business!

We recently had the honor of the opening keynote for the Alaska Small Business Development Center’s first annual Vitalize Alaska… Read More

6 years ago

Trade Wars Hurt Business! Period.

We used to think it was only common sense that the consumer would always bear the brunt of higher prices… Read More

6 years ago

Whatever Business You Think You’re in, Your Employees Should Be Oriented on Your Customers

We recently had the pleasure of spending the day with 65 MBA students from Nanyang University in Singapore. Twenty-five percent… Read More

6 years ago

Why You Need to be Thinking About Exiting Your Business (Even If You’re Never Going to Sell)

Organize your files We often hear business owners say, “I don’t need to think about an exit strategy because I’m… Read More

6 years ago