PROTECT YOUR EQUITY!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
These days it seems like most people believe that you can’t start a business without some sort of venture capital financing. Shark Tank, Silicon Valley, and most of the business publications underscore this popular premise. In fact, the business plan is now viewed as... “MY IDEA IS SO GREAT, I’M GUARANTEED SUCCESS!”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We see too many entrepreneurs falling in love with their products and kidding themselves into believing that their idea itself is all they need to make them a screaming success. Warehouses are filled with great commercial products that never got to store shelves.... ARE WE THERE YET?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We like the way Jim Canfield of Renaissance Executive Forums defines the various stages of business growth. They provide a convenient classification that helps us recognize and appreciate the goals and challenges of each level of progression. Here we apply his staging... I GOT A GREAT IDEA – PAY ME …NOT!
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
We have met many inventors with great ideas who think they should get paid just for coming up with the idea. There’s a ton of patent attorneys out there who gladly take money to file a patent, ostensibly to license it to the big guy who can’t live without it. They’ll... LEARN TIMELESS LESSONS WHILE THERE’S STILL TIME
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Aging Baby Boomers with a lot to offer Millennials often lament, “We’re just too old to be taken seriously” by the Millennials. Sure, Boomers had to adopt technology as a second language and sure Millennials were born with an extra brain, the smartphone, in their...