Grape Grower | The Barefoot Spirit https://thebarefootspirit.com Founders of Barefoot, a Top Global Brand New York Times Bestselling Authors International Keynote Speakers, Entrepreneurial Coaches. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 20:11:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 ​10 timeless lessons about business from the founders of the biggest wine brand in America https://thebarefootspirit.com/%e2%80%8b10-timeless-lessons-business-founders-biggest-wine-brand-america/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:37:40 +0000 https://thebarefootspirit.com/?p=12944 Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of the world’s most popular wine brand, Barefoot Wine . What’s most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first. From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, they had […]

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What’s most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first.

From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, they had to employ innovative ideas to overcome obstacles, create new markets and strategic alliances.

Having learned the hard way, Michael and Bonnie fell forward into success.

The lessons they taught me were invaluable.

1. Stop thinking about following your passion, and start thinking about following opportunity passionately

Michael and Bonnie had absolutely no experience in the wine business. They were both business coaches who happened to have a lot of clients in the wine business. One of their clients was a grape grower, and this grape grower hadn’t been paid by a particular client for three years. Michael went straight to the delinquent company to collect funds for his client, only to find out that the company was bankrupt. Makes sense why they couldn’t pay!

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]]> Entrepreneur – 10 Business Lessons Learned From the Founders of America’s Biggest Wine Brand https://thebarefootspirit.com/entrepreneur-10-business-lessons-learned-founders-americas-biggest-wine-brand/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 00:31:02 +0000 https://thebarefootspirit.com/?p=10820 DANIEL DIPIAZZA, CONTRIBUTOR, Founder of Rich20Something Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of Barefoot Wine. What’s most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first. From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, they had to employ innovative ideas […]

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DANIEL DIPIAZZA, CONTRIBUTOR, Founder of Rich20Something

Last month I had the pleasure of interviewing Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey, the founders of Barefoot Wine.

What’s most humbling is that they had absolutely no idea what they were doing at first. From the start, with virtually no money and no wine industry experience, they had to employ innovative ideas to overcome obstacles, create new markets and strategic alliances. Having learned the hard way, Michael and Bonnie fell forward into success.

The lessons they taught me were invaluable. As the CEO of Rich20Something, this is what I learned from their story.

1. Passionately pursue your goals.

Stop thinking about following your passion, and start thinking about following opportunity passionately. Michael and Bonnie had absolutely no experience in the wine business. They were both business coaches who happened to have a lot of clients in the wine business. One of their clients was a grape grower, and this grape grower hadn’t been paid by a particular client for three years. Michael went straight to the delinquent company to collect funds for his client, only to find out that the company was bankrupt. Makes sense why they couldn’t pay.

To read the complete article, please visit Entrepreneur

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