by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article
When we took on the building of the Barefoot Wine brand, we really didn’t understand the problems we would have to overcome to be successful. We had no idea how long it would take, the opposition we would face, or the enormous hurdles we had to clear in compliance,... WHY DIDN’T THEY TELL ME?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Often the best ideas to solve problems, cut costs, and improve sales come from your own people – but they never get to you. Why? Because you have inadvertently allowed your company’s structure to prevent them from doing so. Employees, vendors, and customers are... TAKE INVENTORY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When we took on the building of the Barefoot Wine brand, we really didn’t understand the problems we would have to overcome to be successful. We had no idea how long it would take, the opposition we would face, or the enormous hurdles we had to clear in compliance,... “SALES? THAT’S NOT MY JOB!”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
It’s not how you get the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s how you lose it! Every garage startup must have the entrepreneurial spirit to survive. Many successful businesses were once garage startups, and they once had that spirit. But somewhere between the four stages of... 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...