07 Nov November 7, 2025 – Deal Maker Media Influencer Joshua Wilson and Greatest Hits Barefoot Mike Houlihan
Joshua Wilson – Podcast Host, Executive Producer & Institutional Investor
Never underestimate your strengths, because I think God creates us uniquely, each one of us, and I think that the strengths, if we focus in on our strengths, I think we could do a lot more than if we were to try to spend our life trying to sure up our weaknesses.
Joshua Wilson
Joshua Wilson is a Podcast Host, Executive Producer, and Institutional Investor who brings clarity and connection to the world of capital markets. As host of The Investor Relations Podcast, Joshua draws on his background as a registered investment banking representative (Series 79 & 63) and licensed real-estate broker to bring a relational, strategic lens to the intricate worlds of SPACs, IPOs, M&A and private placements. With over 20 podcast and YouTube brands launched—several ranking in the top 3–10 % globally in their verticals—Joshua has built his reputation as a connector among founders, family offices and investment platforms. His mission: spotlight the people and deals reshaping capital markets, and help listeners sharpen their investor-relations, compliance and growth strategies. Whether you’re an IR professional navigating a road-show, a corporate executive preparing for a capital raise, or a registered advisor seeking actionable insights, Joshua’s work bridges storytelling and strategy to empower decision-makers in the fast-moving financial ecosystem.
Michael Houlihan – Co-Founder of Barefoot Wine, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Business Strategist
It wasn’t that we were so brilliant, because we made a lot of mistakes. So what we did right we had to synthesize out of everything that we did.
Michael Houlihan
Michael Houlihan is a highly sought-after business strategist, keynote speaker, consultant, and corporate trainer. His presentations are often with Bonnie Harvey, his Co-founder of Barefoot (now the #1 wine brand in the world), providing decades of real-world, practical business experience. Using out-of-the-box thinking, pay-for-performance, positive culture, channel distribution management, and “Worthy Cause Marketing,” they help start-ups, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 corporations increase their sales, profitability and brand equity. For the first time, their secrets to success are available in an exclusive online series. He, along with Bonnie, bootstrapped Barefoot (a novelty wine brand) into a national mega-brand, selling 600,000 cases per year in 50 states and 28 countries. They’ve keynoted at many prestigious conferences, symposiums, universities and forums. He and Bonnie’s articles on business philosophy have been reprinted in TIME, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Entrepreneurs’ Organization and numerous other business magazines and trade journals. He and Bonnie have a new project called Business Audio Theatre. When books are read in this theatre, instead of a narrator reading a business book to you, people get a “full color, audio cinematography” of scenes performed by real Hollywood actors with music, sound effects, and more.