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The Top 5 Challenges to Going Global

YOU MEAN OUR TRADEMARK IS NO GOOD OVER THERE?

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Entrepreneurship

As our world gets smaller, more and more entrepreneurs are going global. But just what does that mean in terms of entrepreneurship? Sure, it seems easy enough when you market through e-commerce. It’s almost a given that you will be selling internationally as the...

Teaching Entrepreneurship is as Challenging as Being an Entrepreneur

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...

Integrity Trumps Everything

YOUR WORD IS YOUR BOND

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Entrepreneurship

We can’t have a cop on every corner or a regulator in every office. At some point we must rely on the people we hire, do business with, and buy products or services from. When we cannot depend on on these people, we look to terminate the relationship and search for...

7 Tips for More Effective Email

ACTION OR DELETION

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Email blasts and self-serving promotions seem to be taking over our inboxes. With all the white noise these days, business email communication can fall victim to overloaded and desensitized recipients. Is it any wonder that our own business emails get incomplete or...

Big prices vs. High prices: A novel pricing concept

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Big prices vs. High prices: A novel pricing concept by Ric Payne Recently I posted a note on Principa’s Facebook page in which I strongly recommended a book called The Barefoot Spirit: How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built...