OPEN THE WINDOW!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Want your people to be more productive? Here’s a novel idea, open the window! That’s right. Give them some fresh air! According to Joseph G. Allen, assistant professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the...
GET OUT YOUR WALLET!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Don’t be fooled by the idea that the other country will pay for the tariffs Everything is about to cost you more! Don’t be fooled by the idea that the other country will pay for the tariffs and somehow the US will just collect new funds to benefit the national budget....
Cheap Skate vs. Above Board
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
What if, instead of sitting in a classroom, listening to a lecture, and watching a slide deck, you could go outside into a beautiful natural environment and enjoy an interactive learning experience? Instead of being lectured to, you could enjoy a skit performed live...
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Sixtyfive percent of the energy that is delivered to the typical home is used for heating the home, cooling the home or heating the water used in the home. The rest is used for appliances, lighting, tools and electronic devices. We have been reporting on startup...
MAKE IT IDIOT RESISTANT!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When we were building the Barefoot wine brand, we used to drive our people crazy. Every time there was a foul up, a glitch, or a mistake, we would stop everything, focus on what just happened, and more importantly brain storm ways to prevent it from reoccurring. Our...
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We recently had the honor of hosting 40 graduate entrepreneurship students from Skolkovo Moscow School of Management. They were here to tour Silicon Valley and gain knowledge from the shrines of American Entrepreneurship. At the end of their tech tour, we invited them...
