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Immigrants Built Our Economy

HARD WORKERS WELCOME!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael’s grandfather, John Francis Houlihan, came over from Ireland in the late 1800s. He was 19 years old. The only passage he could book was above deck on an ocean steamer headed for New York loaded with cattle in the hold. All the immigrants had to make the...

How the Irish Got Barefoot

CORK, WINE, AND CONTAINER

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Over one hundred years ago Michael’s grandfather, John Francis Houlihan, left his hometown of Limerick, Ireland, heading for the port city of Cork where he boarded a cattle steamer bound for America. The only passage he could afford was above deck, so in order to...

The Families of Disabled Veterans Have Double and Triple Duty

THE UNSUNG HEROS GET SOME HELP

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

This week we were honored to be keynote speakers for the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in Upstate New York. Unlike EBV (Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities), the...