Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | The Barefoot Spirit

5 Entrepreneurial Competencies Community Colleges Should be Teaching

SELF EMPLOYMENT IS EMPLOYMENT

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship

As President Obama points out, community colleges are the backbone of the American educational system. He wants to make this 2-year college education financially attainable for all Americans since for most, it is all the formal education they are ever going to get....

CSULB Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael will be honored by CSULB’s Alumni Association as a Distinguished Alumni. CSULB’s highest alumni honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award is bestowed annually in each College by the CSULB Alumni Association. In addition to demonstrated pride and...

SCORE Webinar

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Webinar

We recently hosted a webinar with SCORE “The Barefoot Spirit and Company Culture: Sales is King.” To view the taped version of the webinar, please visit SCORE.org and click on “Take this workshop”. Who We Are Michael Houlihan and Bonnie...

Success Requires Diligent Preparation and Commitment

DON’T CALL IT “LUCK”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” is a quote from the mid-1st century Roman philosopher, Seneca. The idea that success is a result of chance, or luck, is not only disempowering, but simply false. When people say we were lucky to have built...

The 9-11 Memorial

GO SEE IT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog

When we were in New York last week keynoting at the Customer Experience Conference, we had the opportunity to visit and pay our respects at the September 11th Memorial . Last year the new Freedom Tower which symbolizes the rebirth of the World Trade Center was...