Marie Kolstad, an 83-year old grandmother of 12, recently became the oldest woman to receive breast implants. She’s not alone as WorldCrunch reports: Marie Kolstad’s case may seem a little over the, er, top, but it nevertheless reflects the latest trend in plastic surgery. If traditional surgery patients in their 30s and 40s are trying […]
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In 1975, 80% of all deaths on a motorcycle occurred in people 29 years and younger. Today greater than 30% of all deaths are in people 50 years and older. The 29 and younger crowd only account for about 25%. What’s this mean? If you’re trying to sell motorcycles, or motorcycle-related accessories to the youth,
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The problem with canes is that people who need them typically can’t bend down to the floor to pick them up when they drop them. Enter the Balance Stick. Why didn’t you think of this? Photos after the jump.
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Loan Safe: When they picture the modern American entrepreneur, many people imagine Mark Zuckerberg-types — young, tech-savvy, fresh out of college. But when it comes to successful entrepreneurship, the best years of life may be after 50. According to a survey by the nonprofit Kauffman Foundation, Americans aged 55 to 64 start new business ventures
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As our parents and grandparents get older, wouldn’t it be nice to have a way to unobtrusively monitor whether or not they’re eating, taking their medications or getting out of the house? A new product, that will be shipping in July, makes it easy to just that. Called Lively, it’s an elegant device that uses
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A reader wrote in to tell me about his business opportunity: Hi Dane, I have a math education software program I license to schools and sell to homeschoolers. I’m looking for educators, probably retired, to represent CapJaxMathFax to their local school districts and homeschoolers in their area. It’s a part time opportunity, but we’re offering
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As more people begin to live longer, the need for senior care is rising. There is no shortage of businesses reaching out to fill that need, either. Founded in 2002, HomeWell Senior Care has seen great success. Entrepreneur Magazine’s Franchise 500 has them listed for 2011. They consider themselves to be at the forefront of
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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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After years of working for an airline, 60 year-old Linda Nagamine used $2,000 that had been earmarked to buy a ring to start Honolulu-based EZ Living Connection. And the company just had its first product–a keychain-like device that attaches to a woman’s purse strap and puts an end to the days of searching for keys–featured
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According to a report at MediaPost, after investing two years and millions of dollars, AARP unveiled what it is calling “the Internet for grown-ups.” That’s according to Kyle Lewis, AARP’s VP of media sales and business development, who said the online overhaul was critical to meeting the growing digital demands of the 50+ crowd. We’re
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