ARE YA FEELING LUCKY, KID?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Our friends Larry and Laura Martin of Food and Wine Trails are a creative and energetic entrepreneurial couple who have inspired us for years. When the airlines decided to sell seats direct on the internet, they were faced with reinventing their travel agency...
PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When it comes to teaching entrepreneurship, it’s still the Wild West out there. Every school has a different twist on how to do it. Many outside academia say “You can’t teach entrepreneurship. You just have to do it!” As successful...
PROFESSIONAL OR IMPERSONAL
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Sales
Sometimes you can do everything right and still lose the sale. Why? Because the buyers simply don’t like you or your approach. Sometimes in an effort to be professional we can be read as mechanical, sterile, and heartless. Sure, it’s a thin line between too much...
BEST SALES PERSON = “THE ASSISTANT BUYER”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Entrepreneurship, Sales
Everything is dependent on sales. There is no better justification for salaries, offices, production facilities, or even products. With enough investment capital you can have all those things, but they are unsustainable without sales. Our modern business culture has...
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...