Mark Zuckerberg is the world’s best-known entrepreneur–a poster-child for success who started Facebook (FB) in his Harvard dorm room. But the ranks of entrepreneurs include plenty of poster children who aren’t kids. Baby boomers have racked up the highest rate of start-ups during the last decade. In recent years, some entrepreneurs have found going solo is [...] [...more]
One of the Steve Jobs stories circulating in the wake of the legendary Apple founder’s death is the line he used to convince PepsiCo’s John Sculley to join Apple Computer: “Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life, or come with me and change the world?” Jobs embodied the spirit [...] [...more]
In 2005, Deborah Ramsey was working as an administrator for a technology consulting firm that was undergoing restructuring, the tail end of a phase of her career that also included jobs in the banking and insurance industry. “A lot of people were being laid off or leaving. I had been through two big layoffs before, [...] [...more]
Could health reform unleash the inner entrepreneur in millions of older workers? There’s plenty of evidence that baby boomers in their fifties and early sixties want more independence and flexibility in their work. Many are ready to take a risk via second careers and entrepreneurial ventures-but have been hanging on to jobs solely for health [...] [...more]
This is the last of a four-part excerpt from Mark Miller’s new book, The Hard Times Guide to Retirement Security (Bloomberg Press/John Wiley & Sons, June, 2010).< Meet the new boss: you. Many baby boomers intend to keep working past traditional retirement age. Surveys show that about 58 million boomers plan to stay in the [...] [...more]
