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Sales Should Be Taught In School

Sales Should Be Taught In School

“I’LL TAKE IT!”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

In the past few years we’ve spoken at over 40 schools that teach entrepreneurship. Only one of them teaches Sales – not sales forecasting, not sales management, and not sales analysis, but real, “get out of my office,” to “I’ll take two truckloads,” Sales! As a...
​10 timeless lessons about business from the founders of the biggest wine brand in America

​10 timeless lessons about business from the founders of the biggest wine brand in America

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article, Interview

Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of the world’s most popular wine brand, Barefoot Wine . What’s most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first. From the start, with...
Wishing You a Prosperous New Year!

Wishing You a Prosperous New Year!

Happy New Year!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

May your new year be filled with health, abundance & fun times.  Cheers! M&B              Who We Are Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey co-authored the New York Times bestselling business book, The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship,...
How the Official Champagne for The Times Square New Year’s Eve Party Was Named

How the Official Champagne for The Times Square New Year’s Eve Party Was Named

“WHY, I’D CALL IT BAREFOOT BUBBLY!” -Mabel Hurd

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael Houlihan, Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, came back exhausted from a sales trip to Southern California in late 1993.  He told Bonnie Harvey, the other Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, and her mom, Mabel Hurd, it was a disaster because the stores were stocking up...
Sell the Positive Emotion Your Product or Service Can Bring

Sell the Positive Emotion Your Product or Service Can Bring

ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

In this digital age, when so much is sold on line, we are in a race to the bottom pricewise. All we want to know is, “Where can I get it for less?” Once manufactures get swept up in that game, the features and benefits of their products seem to get reduced to a set of...
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