Brand | The Barefoot Spirit

Ask the Right Questions to Get the Right Answers

FROM SINGAPORE TO SILICON VALLEY BY WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education

Last week we had the honor of hosting 21 undergraduate students from the Minor in Entrepreneurship (MiE) program at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. For most of them, this was their first time in the US. They went on to visit the great entrepreneurships...

Success Requires Diligent Preparation and Commitment

DON’T CALL IT “LUCK”

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity,” is a quote from the mid-1st century Roman philosopher, Seneca. The idea that success is a result of chance, or luck, is not only disempowering, but simply false. When people say we were lucky to have built...

Forbes Magazine Article

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Interview

The Incredible Story Of Starting The World’s Largest Wine Brand, Barefoot Wines I was recently speaking with Michael Houlihan, co-founder of Barefoot Wines. This is the story of how two people overcame remarkable odds and built a beloved brand that transformed...

Irish Independent

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Interview

IF MICHAEL Houlihan had followed the advice of his Irish-born grandparents he would have settled for a secure, pensionable job and a fairly comfortable lifestyle – and there’s a chance we would not be sipping the near nine million cases of wine sold in Ireland...

Costco Connection Article April 2014

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Interview

In Growing Barefoot Cellars into a national, brand, Costco members Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey learned many lessons from the school of hard knocks, detailed in their book, The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America’s #1 Wine Brand....