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8 Lessons For Budding Entrepreneurs

8 Lessons For Budding Entrepreneurs

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

 by Steve Olenski, Contributor, Forbes Last December, my fellow FORBES contributor Robert Reiss, wrote a great piece entitled “The Incredible Story Of Starting The World’s Largest Wine Brand, Barefoot Wines.” The article was essentially a get-to-know two amazing...
How the World’s Top Selling Wine Brand Disrupted the US Market

How the World’s Top Selling Wine Brand Disrupted the US Market

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

BTN interviews Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey on how they built the Barefoot Wine brand and took it national. Barefoot Wines started out as a business idea between a hopeful business couple living in the Sonoma County wine country of California. With little...
Beverage Trade Network – How Barefoot Wines Became the World’s Largest Selling Wine Brand

Beverage Trade Network – How Barefoot Wines Became the World’s Largest Selling Wine Brand

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

  We were interviewed by the Beverage Trade Network. To read part 1 of the interview, please visit BTN To read part 2 of the interview, please visit The Barefoot Spirit 
Article/Interview at Cornell University

Article/Interview at Cornell University

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Interview

Get Barefoot and Have a Great Time! Uncorking the Success of Barefoot Wines by Trevor Burns  Hardship + Hustle + Heart = The Best Selling Wine Brand in America. That’s the magic recipe Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey discovered in 1986 in Sonoma County, California....
Taste California Travel!

Taste California Travel!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

The Barefoot Spirit Review by Dan Clarke   The Barefoot Spirit succeeds on several levels. Those in or around the wine business will enjoy some of the inside scoop on how a young couple naively entered their industry, made predictable mistakes and yet survived....
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