Orlando Sentinel: The U.S. Small Business Administration and AARP are reaching out to a new group of potential business owners that they call “encore entrepreneurs” — those who are older than 50 and want to start or expand a small business. The federal agency and the age-50-plus organization have formed an alliance to provide counseling […]
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Often the image of a chimney sweeper brings about thoughts of years long passed. However, this is a business that still has some demand. Not everyone has retired their fireplace yet, and Sally McKnight is there to keep them clean, reports SFGate. Sally has lived a very full life. However, in the 80’s she found
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Arthur Evans has completely renovated the cane as we know it. According to Portside Messenger, his device, called the Powercane, may become the latest must-have tool for the baby boomer generation. Mr Evans, 59, says his patented technology will have wider application for trade and emergency service tools. He says the extending and retracting Powercane,
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Early retirement ended Chuck Salley’s career as a sales and marketing executive. That is not stopping him from reaching the ranks of entrepreneur, though, reports Westport News. Salley, 69, is one of many baby boomers pushing into new fields through TechTown, a business incubator at Detroit’s Wayne State University. Nearly a third of people attending
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Around the world, we are seeing an increase in the number of people that are reaching the age of retirement every year. In Scotland alone, they expect that over half of the population will be 60 or older by 2035. According to Guardian.co.uk, an organization is hoping to help the older generation find new life
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Don’t pick up your fishing pole yet. Just because you reach that golden number that signals retirement does not mean you should stop working. A recent story from USA Today reflects on the benefits that can be enjoyed by starting a business during those later years. The future is always bright for entrepreneurs. People who
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Because the way we think and process information evolves as we age, experts say the way we behave as consumers also changes. According to Jim Shea at The Hartford Courant, as a result, members of the baby-boom generation are now at a stage in life where emotion and gut feelings play a bigger role in
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BusinessWeek reports that Hikosaburo Yasuda of Nakano, Japan, plans to buy an iPad to keep up with junior members in his computer club. “It’s important to always try new things, otherwise you get left behind,” he says. Yasuda is 95 years old. He and his peers, looking for easier ways to browse the Web and
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that America’s baby boomers–those born between 1946 and 1964–face a problem that could weigh on the economy for years to come: The longer it takes for the economy to recover, the less money they’ll have to spend in retirement. Policy makers have long worried that Americans aren’t saving enough
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According to Inc.com, Morrie Yohai developed Cheez Doodles in the 1950s. The company already was selling Dipsy Doodles rippled corn chips, which were made with a machine that spit them out under pressure. His son Robbie Yohai says his father applied a similar concept for Cheez Doodles, adapting the machine to extrude liquefied cornmeal into
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