WOULD YOU BUY FROM A ROBOT?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Sales
Once again we have a flood of new grads hitting the job market. But now the concern is, “Will my job become computerized? Will I be out of a job?” Undergrads are asking the question a different way, “What job should I prepare for that won’t be replaced by a robot?”...
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....
LESSONS FROM THE TRENCHES
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Event
This week we were the Executives in Residence at one of Canada’s premier universities, the University of Lethbridge, with campuses in Calgary, Edmonton, and Lethbridge. In addition to delivering keynotes to several hundred students, faculty, and business...
DOING GOOD IS JUST GOOD BUSINESS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Worthy Cause Marketing
What we dubbed Worthy Cause Marketing back in 1990 was really an outcome from a serious business problem: How could we get the word out about our products when we had no money for commercial advertising? We discovered something very important when we got a call one...
IT’S STILL THE WILD WEST OUT THERE
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship, Political, Technology
Ten years ago there were very few schools of entrepreneurship. Many asked, and some still do, “Can you really teach entrepreneurship?” They felt you just had to do it, take your lumps and learn from them. Many heroes of entrepreneurship actually dropped out of school...
YOU CAN DO IT!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Lifestyle Blog, Political
We have so much to be thankful for in the United States, and Thanksgiving Day is the perfect time to express our gratitude. The economy appears to be improving, employment seems to be on the upsurge and home values have been on the rise. But there is something else,...
