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Entrepreneur – Taylor Stitch Makes Us Rethink Our Wardrobe

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

According to McKinsey & Company and the Council for Textile Recycling, the world fashion industry produces 100 billion garments for seven billion people each year, the average American throws out 80 pounds of clothes each year, and 85 percent of all apparel ends...

How the Official Champagne for The Times Square New Year’s Eve Party Was Named

“WHY, I’D CALL IT BAREFOOT BUBBLY!” -Mabel Hurd

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael Houlihan, Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, came back exhausted from a sales trip to Southern California in late 1993. He told Bonnie Harvey, the other Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, and her mom, Mabel Hurd, it was a disaster because the stores were stocking up...

Ireland Stands to Gain by Brexit

ENGLISH SPOKEN HERE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Whatever you think about the UK’s decision to leave the EU, American businesses must find a new gateway to Europe. For American’s, our ‘mother’ country has always been our foot in the door to Europe. If you could prove yourself in the UK, the...

The 9-11 Memorial

GO SEE IT!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog

When we were in New York last week keynoting at the Customer Experience Conference, we had the opportunity to visit and pay our respects at the September 11th Memorial . Last year the new Freedom Tower which symbolizes the rebirth of the World Trade Center was...

Thanksgiving – A Time to be Thankful for a Culture that Supports Entrepreneurship

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,...