TAKE INVENTORY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
When we took on the building of the Barefoot Wine brand, we really didn’t understand the problems we would have to overcome to be successful. We had no idea how long it would take, the opposition we would face, or the enormous hurdles we had to clear in compliance,... “SALES? THAT’S NOT MY JOB!”
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
It’s not how you get the entrepreneurial spirit. It’s how you lose it! Every garage startup must have the entrepreneurial spirit to survive. Many successful businesses were once garage startups, and they once had that spirit. But somewhere between the four stages of... I HAVE TO DO THAT?
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog
Once the afterglow of the launch wears off, and once the business plan takes a back seat to the cash flow projection, you discover what the real work is in your new business. We call it the “real” work because it generally takes more time and focus that anything you... WHEN CHEAP IS DANGEROUS
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Environment
From “shortcut-to-riches” internet marketers to Shark Tank, we hear a constant refrain, “If you want to be successful, outsource your manufacturing to a country with cheap labor costs.” If all you are concerned about is the bottom line in the short term, this may be... FROM SINGAPORE TO SILICON VALLEY BY WAY OF THE WINE COUNTRY
by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Education
Last week we had the honor of hosting 21 undergraduate students from the Minor in Entrepreneurship (MiE) program at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. For most of them, this was their first time in the US. They went on to visit the great entrepreneurships...