Company Culture | The Barefoot Spirit

The President Salutes Millennial Entrepreneurs

“A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE NATION’S ECONOMY” – PRESIDENT OBAMA

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

Last week President Obama made a stop at Cross Campus’ innovative collaborative space. It is a start-up hub that brings together entrepreneurs, start-up teams, freelancers, venture capitalists, and creative professionals. More and more of these hubs are popping up all...

The Whole World Looks to the United States as the Cradle of Entrepreneurship

YOU CAN DO IT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Event, Political

As we travel throughout the world and speak about our entrepreneurial experiences and the lessons we’ve learned, we were surprised to discover that the United States is viewed by our international audiences as the cradle of entrepreneurship. Of course, there is...

Setting Priorities is Essential to Goal Achievement

ALL THE BOXES ARE NOT THE SAME SIZE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Company Culture, Education, Lifestyle Blog

With the advent of computers, we began to see icons for everything. All these cute little logos were the same size. Most were for programs and applications, but one was inevitably for settings. Even though the settings button was much more important than any of the...

7 Ways to Pay for Performance

SEND 'EM A MESSAGE!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

If you are paying your people right, the non-producers can’t afford to stay and the producers can’t afford to leave. No employer wants to keep people who just attend work but don’t contribute, and no one wants to lose someone who is a great producer...

7 Ways to Improve Your Business Communication

SIT DOWN, DON’T STAND UP

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

Thanks to tweets, texts, posts, and very short attention spans, we have become a society constantly looking for the shortest way to communicate a thought. That may be fine for the captions on a cute kitten picture, or texting your friend a remark, but it’s...

The Entrepreneurial Culture is In Demand!

BACK TO BASICS

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship

The “entrepreneurial culture” is suddenly all the rage in, of all places, the C-Suites of large corporations. Why? Because they see small, agile companies moving quickly and seizing fleeting opportunities. They see an increasing number of start-ups disrupting entire...