Aging Boomers Helping Seniors
Ed Note: As aging boomers shift from full-time careers, they are looking for new options. Many will get involved in helping seniors. Maggy Young shares her story. I hope my story is just starting. For many years I had been involved in a property business, but the slump brought this to a close. I am a 'boomer' but was used to being busy and active and didn't want this to end. Plus having even a … [Read more...]
They Just Do Not Have the Time
Ed. Author Stan Spector explores the opportunity of retirement business for baby boomers. With the aging population providing services for seniors is an option. We’ve all heard people saying this but do you realize this is an opportunity for a business? Serving a busy customer could be just the thing needed to make your retirement business a success. Most two-earner families just … [Read more...]
Mobile Service Businesses
Ed Note: How about a senior business to increase income in retirement? Author Stan Spector discusses creating a retirement business by providing a mobile service that travels to the customer. Mass-produced services are only economical at a fixed location where installed equipment can be used to save time in performing the service. The other end of the spectrum is a mobile business that … [Read more...]
Services for Seniors: Retirement Business for Baby Boomers
Author Stan Spector explores the opportunity of retirement business for baby boomers. With the aging population providing services for seniors is an option.You can’t read any magazine without seeing some reference to the effects of the coming retirement of the baby boom generation. That presents exactly the type of opportunity that entrepreneurs seek around which to create a new … [Read more...]
Your Hobby as Your Business
Retirees are looking for interesting businesses to start. Is a hobby business right for you? Author Stan Spector explores the opportunity of starting a business from your hobby. Most people think that working at their hobby would make the best retirement business that they might consider. While I concur with this thinking, there are a few warnings that come with this option. Think about … [Read more...]
Festival Business For Seniors
Retirees are looking for interesting businesses to start. Author Stan Spector explores the opportunity of starting a festival business. During the summer months, every large city in America is filled with dozens or hundreds of festivals. If you are an entrepreneur looking to get into a retail business, these festivals can be an inexpensive way to test your products to see if they will … [Read more...]
Focus on your Writing skills
If you have good writing skills why don’t you capitalize on this skill for your retirement business? But there is a catch to these types of businesses. Don’t think your main business will be doing the writing. You main business will be selling. You’ll see as I go along what this means. You could write a book and try to find a publisher to publish your book. It’s unlikely that a … [Read more...]
Mini Business for Retirees
New retirees are looking for a different type of mini business than the general public. If they are on Social Security, they may be penalized if they make over $12,600. Some private retirement policies will also penalize you if you earn money in your retirement years. New retirees dream of taking extended vacations or wintering in Florida. They want their new business to work around their … [Read more...]
Is a Home Based Business Right for You?
More and more retirees are deciding to find a retirement career or start a home-based business. Many individuals have created very successful retirement companies from their own home. However, the process takes a while, and the decision should not be taken lightly. You have to devote a significant amount of your time, money and energy into ensuring the business succeeds. A little patience is also … [Read more...]
Considerations to a Home Based Business
Just because you’re one of the retiring baby boomers, does not necessarily mean you have to give up working altogether. Statistics reveal that more than 20 percent of American individuals who are over 50 are self-employed. Retirement and starting a business is not new, but is taking on a bigger dimension. Many of the boomers decide to start a home based business. Not only to extend … [Read more...]