THE WOMEN WHO WON THE WAR
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
This Mother’s Day, we are honoring Bonnie’s mother, Mabel, with a visit to the Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, California. The park is a memorial and testimonial to these gallant women who risked life and limb to help save our country. Mabel was in her... IT’S NOT JUST WHAT, IT’S WHY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Training without explaining is like trying to program a computer. The computer will only do what it’s been programmed to do. It will not know why it’s doing it and its approach to the job will be limited to what it’s been directed to do. That approach to training... LET’S WALK BAREFOOT ON A CLEAN BEACH THIS SUMMER
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
There is nothing more relaxing than a long walk barefoot down the beach. But a pristine beach has become a rarity, and now we are creating clean beaches more often than finding them. We have personally participated in a multitude of beach clean-ups. Some were... BAREFOOT WINES WERE FIRST BOTTLED DURING EASTER WEEK
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Twenty-seven years ago, Barefoot Wines were bottled for the first time. But how the wine found its way to the bottling line was a fluke in itself. A farmer wasn’t getting paid for several years for his grapes and his friends went to bat for him to see how much they... TURN YOUR FEARS INTO SPEARS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Sometimes what you don’t have can be a true blessing. When we speak to aspiring entrepreneurs and students hoping to start their own businesses, they often tell us that they are afraid of being under capitalized and not knowing enough about their industry. They have...