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GoTime Business & Tech Summit

GoTime Business & Tech Summit

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We’re inviting you to a FREE online event called the GoTime Business and Tech Summit where you can watch 32+ short interviews (around your schedule) of some of the world’s top high growth entrepreneurs and experts. Kim interviewed both of us at the same time...
Entrepreneur – Networking Rule #1: ‘Take Off the Bib and Put on the Apron!’

Entrepreneur – Networking Rule #1: ‘Take Off the Bib and Put on the Apron!’

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

As we celebrate another graduating class, we thought we’d give them some good advice to help them turn their dreams of business success into reality. We recently caught up with Ivan Misner, the founder of BNI (Business Network International), the world’s largest...
Acknowledgement, Confirmation, and Status Reporting Demonstrate Responsibility

Acknowledgement, Confirmation, and Status Reporting Demonstrate Responsibility

JUST OWN IT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

A Classic Case of a Lack of Acknowledgement & Confirmation Our friend recently graduated with an advanced degree in Nursing. To celebrate, we invited her and her friends over for a party. A week before the party, we went to our friendly neighborhood grocery store...
5 Entrepreneurial Skills You Learn in College

5 Entrepreneurial Skills You Learn in College

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

When you’re in college, it’s not only what they teach that will enable you to be a successful entrepreneur, it’s the skills you acquire just to get through. About this time of year, many students are near completion of their college year and wondering if they...
Has Life Become De-Valued in America?

Has Life Become De-Valued in America?

IT’S NOT JUST A “GAME”!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We are set up to answer questions on Quora. It may not be a good match for us because our experience is in a relatively narrow niche, entrepreneurial brand building in the CPG space. Most of the questions have to do with things like, “How much money does Elon Musk...
Force Brands – Brand Building Secrets Interview

Force Brands – Brand Building Secrets Interview

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

Founders Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey didn’t set out with the intention of creating the world’s largest wine brand. At the time of Barefoot Wine’s founding in 1985, they both lacked the money and the industry knowledge necessary to launch a brand of any kind....
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