Education | The Barefoot Spirit

At What Age Should Entrepreneurial Thinking Be Taught?

A VALID ALTERNATIVE

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

Should we be teaching the mindset necessary for successful entrepreneurship beginning much earlier than college? By postponing the consideration of self-employment until after high school are educational institutions actually discouraging their students from...

A Unique Approach to Entrepreneurship – Bradley University

THE OLD COLLEGE TRY WORKS!

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

At Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, it’s more than their approach to the study of entrepreneurship that is unique. For one thing, the school was founded by a woman, Lydia Moss Bradley, back in 1887, a time when women wouldn’t get the right to vote for another...

Communicate the Reasons not just the Processes

"WHY" TRUMPS "HOW"

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

As we celebrate Presidents’ Day, we honor our country’s two greatest leaders, George Washington who had to form a union, and Abraham Lincoln who had to hold it together. Both succeeded because they educated the people about the reasons for action. They both had to...