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How to Get Money to Start a Business

  In April 2021, when Jenny Yaeger, 55, launched her Denver-based accounting and financial consulting firm for small -and medium-sized businesses, ClariFI Business Solutions , she tapped her Read More...

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Author: Kerry Hannon

How to Run Your Side Hustle Like the Business It Is

For Wendy Conklin, her Chair Whimsy company is now serious business  |  Credit: Courtesy of Wendy Conklin This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue Read More...

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Author: Sharon Goldman

Developing Podcasts For, and By, Older Adults

Using the DJ handle "smooth operator," Vernon Prince Jr., 62, has launched VEGE Radio, an internet radio station offering older listeners R&B and jazz music along with entertaining, Read More...

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Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

What the Bob Ross Fight Can Teach Business Owners

Editor’s note: This article is co-written by a member of the board of editors at EIX.org from The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, which is a funder of a Next Avenue. The new, buzzy Netflix Read More...

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Authors: Kimberly Eddleston and Jonas Ruzek

Three Women Entrepreneurs Who Are Crushing It

Kathy Goughenour grew her virtual training business. This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX. The Read More...

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Author: Barbara Field

This midlife startup owner has pivoted twice

Julie Steller got creative — and fast — once the pandemic hit  |  Credit: courtesy of Julie Steller EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Read More...

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Author: Chris Farrell

The Big Role Older Entrepreneurs Play in Business Innovation

Fred Sachs, who sold his lumber and hardware businesses, is now producing and marketing specialty flours. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of " America's Entrepreneurs ," a Next Avenue Read More...

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Authors: Seth Levine and Elizabeth MacBride

Older Small Business Owners and Covid-19's Personal Finance Toll

IyaSokoya Karade, entrepreneur/founder of Athletic Arts Academy  This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Read More...

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Author: Kerry Hannon

What to Know Before Starting a Franchise Business

This article is part of America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX . If the idea of starting a business after 50 — perhaps Read More...

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Author: Beau Henderson

How to Build Multiple Sources of Revenue for Your Business

  This article is part of  America's Entrepreneurs , a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and  EIX. Have you ever heard that a millionaire Read More...

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Author: Jacqueline Snyder