Listen: ‘Your Next Avenue’ Podcast With Richard Eisenberg
Your Next Avenue, a podcast from the public media website Next Avenue, talks with experts about finding jobs after 50, switching careers, working in retirement, encore careers and volunteering. Host...
View ArticleThese Startups See Opportunities in Aging Well
Evin Ollinger went home for Christmas two years ago to visit his aging 84-year-old father. While there, he learned his dad hadn’t paid the mortgage for three months. His father told his son he didn’t...
View ArticleOlder Entrepreneurs: Gloomier Than Younger Ones
Entrepreneurs in America are generally pretty optimistic these days, according to a new survey. So why are older business owners more pessimistic than younger ones? Yesterday, the Kauffman Foundation,...
View ArticleHow LinkedIn Groups Can Help You Get a Job
One of the most valuable, but often overlooked, tools on LinkedIn is LinkedIn Groups — online forums where like-minded professionals share ideas around a specific field, company or other topic of...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs: Get Certified as a Woman-Owned Business
Getting certified as a woman-owned business takes grit and tenacity. But it can potentially help land women entrepreneurs more business opportunities and government contracts. “It’s a grueling...
View ArticleHow to Thrive in the Gig Economy
You’ve no doubt heard about “the gig economy” (project-based and on-demand services) and maybe you’re thinking of joining it. Or maybe you fear that becoming a gigger will be the only way you’ll find...
View Article8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Offset Income Volatility
(This article is adapted from Workarounds: 50+ Insider Tactics for Age 50+ Entrepreneurs by Doug Freeman.) Being an independent professional means that you accept the risk of income volatility. You...
View ArticleWomen Entrepreneurs: How to Hire Employees Wisely
One of the toughest things for a small business owner to do is to hire employees. This is true for male and female entrepreneurs, but since I’m writing about the women owners over 50 for Next Avenue...
View ArticleHow Women Entrepreneurs Can Succeed and Still Be Nice
Fran Hauser, a startup investor and author of the fine new book, The Myth of the Nice Girl: Achieving a Career You Love Without Becoming a Person You Hate, has sage advice for women 50+ who want to...
View ArticleA Great New Way to Find a Side Hustle
As the gig economy grows, so do the number of platforms serving the gig marketplace. There are now literally hundreds of apps and sites designed to help you generate income as a freelancer, profit from...
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