by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article
We recently had the pleasure of spending the day with 65 MBA students from Nanyang University in Singapore. Twenty-five percent of the class were part-time students who were already running their own businesses. They asked most of the questions because they obviously... I LOVE WORKING HERE!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When we sold Barefoot Wine, we received the Wine Industry’s coveted Top Brand award for multiple years, sold 600,000 cases per year in 25,000 stores, were growing in all 50 states and 28 foreign countries, had no turnover for 10 years, and did it all with just 40... 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.... “HOW DO I DO IT?”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Our clients come to us because of our credentials as the founders of the largest wine brand in the world. They want to know how we began (in our laundry room), how we were financed (we assumed a debt which we traded for wine and bottling services), and how we overcame... SAME ORDER AS LAST TIME!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
It seems so wonderful at first. You don’t have leave the house to go shopping anymore! Everything just shows up at your door. But after a while you start to sense that something is missing… You’re starting to get bored with the same old stuff that you get in your food...