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Is Extrapolation an Endangered Talent?

GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

One of the top skills we look for in a new hire is the ability to extrapolate (“to infer (an unknown) from something that is known” -Dictionary.com). Can the applicant take a principle learned from one example and apply it to a new situation? During the interview...

Don’t Throw the Baby (Boomers) Out with the Bath!

LEARN TIMELESS LESSONS WHILE THERE’S STILL TIME

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Aging Baby Boomers with a lot to offer Millennials often lament, “We’re just too old to be taken seriously” by the Millennials. Sure, Boomers had to adopt technology as a second language and sure Millennials were born with an extra brain, the smartphone, in their...

Thinking About Taking the Plunge into Entrepreneurship in the New Year?

GET THE BIG PICTURE!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

A lot of you are sitting on the fence between a comfy, secure job that bores you to death, and taking that adventurous plunge into the unknown – entrepreneurship. What’s going through your mind? Short-term security with a good “solid” job and...

Save Time and Money Monetizing Your Idea

I HAVE A GREAT IDEA; PAY ME!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Many people have a simplistic view of how to make money on their idea. They think that if it’s good enough, someone will buy it. We have come to realize, finally, that it’s not about the idea, it’s about the business that sells the idea. The idea might be for a great...