One of the biggest challenges that entrepreneurs face is not coming up with a good idea as much as it is deciding on which one of their good ideas they want to focus on. You don’t want to put all your eggs in one basket, but you don’t want to be so distracted that you […]

Silicon Valley has become Main Street Disneyland for international technopreneurship worldwide. The top international universities that teach entrepreneurship in its various forms all pay homage to Silicon Valley. They want to immerse their students in this wondrous place of Stanford University, Facebook, Google and other techie attractions, if only for a week or two. Most […]

For the next few weeks, you’ll hear a lot of folks wishing you a Happy New Year! And you, like us, will no doubt wish them the same. Everyone wants something better for themselves and others, and hopes that a fresh start is possible in the coming year. So, this is the time of year […]

Before we get all excited about the year ahead, we thought we’d take this opportunity to share some of our highlights of the past year. We’ve been blessed with many new opportunities, new friends, and positive developments! Sustainability is Spreading As you may know, we are environmentalists. However, our background is building a successful consumer […]

When we were building the Barefoot Wine Brand, there were too many long days and sleepless nights. We often went without breaks, even on the weekends which was the best time to visit the stores, do tastings, and work nonprofit fundraisers. We were exhausted! At the end of one of those especially trying years, we […]

We are what we call “architectural determinists.” We don’t know if there is such a term, but it aptly describes our belief that our attitude, behavior, and odds of success are, to a great extent, heavily influenced by our physical environment. Michael originally studied architecture at UC Berkeley. During that short introduction to the curriculum, […]

When we built the Barefoot Wine brand, we lived and died on the latest Nielsen ratings. So if you are in the packaged goods space, you want to pay careful attention to the latest Nielsen report “How and Why Sustainability is Gaining Momentum with Customers.” For the purposes of this report, Nielsen chose to study […]

Silicon Valley has become Main Street Disneyland for international technopreneurship worldwide. The top international universities that teach entrepreneurship in its various forms all pay homage to Silicon Valley. They want to immerse their students in this wondrous place of Stanford University, Facebook, Google and other techie attractions, if only for a week or two. Most […]

Once again, the Holidays are upon us. Family and friends gather together, and you are showing your gratitude to your employees and customers alike. But wait, aren’t we forgetting someone here? This is a great time to thank your vendors. That’s right, your vendors, the folks you depend upon to supply your business. “Shouldn’t they […]

Long before the advent of the smartphones permanently attached to the end of our arms, we had to use our brains to solve problems. We had to give our undivided attention to a book or a lecture to discover a solution. Our brains had to function! We’d be forced to identify and extract the underlying […]