Rosie the Riveter | The Barefoot Spirit

How the Official Champagne for The Times Square New Year’s Eve Party Was Named

“WHY, I’D CALL IT BAREFOOT BUBBLY!” -Mabel Hurd

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

Michael Houlihan, Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, came back exhausted from a sales trip to Southern California in late 1993. He told Bonnie Harvey, the other Co-Founder of Barefoot Wines, and her mom, Mabel Hurd, it was a disaster because the stores were stocking up...

Should Some Clients Be Fired?

TIME TO PRUNE

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, C-Suite, Clients, Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, New Category

With the New Year upon us, we are all reflecting on our past and how we can improve our future. In the early days of our business, we took any client or customer we could get. We had to stay in business. It’s humbling and sometimes we had to put up with a fair measure...

We Lived with Rosie the Riveter!

THE WOMEN WHO WON THE WAR

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

This Mother’s Day, we are honoring Bonnie’s mother, Mabel, with a visit to the Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, California. The park is a memorial and testimonial to these gallant women who risked life and limb to help save our country. Mabel was in her...