Crowdfunding Successfully: A Guide for the Perplexed
This is a guide to crowdfunding a project successfully, with eight tips to raise money to reach your goal. The post Crowdfunding Successfully: A Guide for the Perplexed appeared first on Next Avenue.
View ArticleA Summer of Small Business Mentoring From SBA and AARP
Boomer entrepreneurs and wannabes have a problem and a new program from the Small Business Administration (SBA) and AARP may be the solution. In a recent Gallup poll of boomer entrepreneurs, only 47...
View Article8 Great Reasons to Be Your Own Boss After 50
Due to massive downsizing, forced early retirements and job burnout, more and more people 50+ are looking for an alternative to a corporate job for the next stage of their lives. As a coach to startups...
View ArticleStarting a Business After 50: Find Your Strengths
(This is the first article in a weekly series on Starting a Business After 50, originally published on Sixtyandme.com.) Thinking about starting a business after age 50? Most people think that...
View ArticleStarting a Business After 50: Finding the Idea
(This article originally appeared on Sixtyandme.com and is the second in a weekly series about starting a business after 50.) When I asked the 44,000 members of the Sixty and Me community what was...
View Article8 Reasons Not to Become Your Own Boss After 50
Last month, Next Avenue published 8 Great Reasons to Be Your Own Boss After 50 by small business adviser Jeff Williams. While Williams made valid points, I’m here to tell you that there are also...
View ArticleSell Your Business for Top Dollar
(The following article is adapted from the new book, Exit Signs: The Expressway to Selling Your Business With Pride and Profit.) If you own a business and you’re in your 50s or 60s, you’re likely...
View ArticleThe Best Books for Your Career: 2016 Edition
Looking for help to find a job or switch careers, get a raise or promotion or start a business in 2016? Have I got some great books for you! I just spent time over the holiday break to come up with a...
View ArticleStartups After 60: A Solution for the Retirement Crisis?
Like many journalists writing about the boomer trend toward working in retirement, I’ve treated self-employment as the Plan B when Plan A (a full-time, salaried job) didn’t pan out. Entrepreneurship...
View ArticleWhat It Takes to Be a Successful 50+ Business Owner
Some professors do their research in laboratories or libraries. But when Utah State University business school’s Michael Glauser wanted to learn what successful small business owners in small-town...
View ArticleThe Best Books for Your Career: 2016 Edition
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View ArticleWhy Entrepreneurs Over 50 Rock
Boomers have proven to be prolific entrepreneurs because self-employment provides flexibility and a more gradual path toward retirement, according to a new paper from George Washington University’s...
View ArticleFamily Businesses Hand the Reins to the Next Generation
Antoinette Edinburgh Williams, 93, is spry and quick with a smile and a story. Williams, who owns the welcoming Edinburgh Williams Beauty Salon in New Orleans, has been in the hair salon business ever...
View ArticleOn a Mission to Turn Florida Retirees Into Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are rightly celebrated for their innovations that change the rhythms of everyday life. For example, some members of widely dispersed families that came together for the holidays may have...
View ArticleHow to Overcome What’s Keeping You From Starting a Business
Retirement is a great time to start a business, when you no longer have the financial, family and time obligations you once did. But many people just can’t bring themselves to do it. There are many...
View Article7 Steps to Starting a Business After 50
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View ArticleWhy Is Age Still the Last Workplace Taboo?
(This article previously appeared on LinkedIn.) January 4th was my 60th birthday. It’s an achievement of which I’m very proud. Your 50s are the time when you start to actually notice the ages on the...
View Article5 Entrepreneurship Myths ‘The Founder’ Destroys
Would the movie The Founder (starring Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, who turned a burger stand into the colossal McDonald’s franchise) be another disappointing romantic portrayal of Hollywood’s version of...
View ArticleTax Help for the Self-Employed
As someone who’s self-employed with an assortment of contract and freelance work, I know that it can be a struggle for entrepreneurs to do their taxes. Luckily, there are now quite a few small-business...
View ArticleHow to Start a Business Selling Your Knowledge
Many prospective boomer entrepreneurs struggle to find a business idea that fits them without realizing that they already possess a valuable asset they can sell profitably: their knowledge. After a...
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