SALES, SALES, SALES - THE MISSING LINK
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education, Event
Schools and courses in entrepreneurship are popping up all over the country. Each school has a slightly different approach to teaching this relatively new class study. Some schools have a few specific courses, while others have full curriculums devoted to...
IT’S NOT JUST WHAT, IT’S WHY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Training without explaining is like trying to program a computer. The computer will only do what it’s been programmed to do. It will not know why it’s doing it and its approach to the job will be limited to what it’s been directed to do. That approach to training...
BAREFOOT WINES WERE FIRST BOTTLED DURING EASTER WEEK
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Twenty-seven years ago, Barefoot Wines were bottled for the first time. But how the wine found its way to the bottling line was a fluke in itself. A farmer wasn’t getting paid for several years for his grapes and his friends went to bat for him to see how much they...
THE DIFFERENCE IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
The nation’s #1 wine brand was built without relying on commercial advertising. Instead, while building the Barefoot Wine brand, we used what we termed, “Worthy Cause Marketing.” Every business faces the same problems. How do you get the word out about your product or...
YOUR NEW YEAR YOUR NEW WORLD
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
According to some interpreters of the Mayan calendar, the world was supposed to end December 21st 2012. We wonder if they were somehow disappointed when they woke up the next morning and discovered that their plans fell through. Seems like every ten years there’s a...