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Why More Daughters Are Taking Over Family Businesses
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As founders retire, more daughters are becoming owners and CEOs of family firms, challenging old assumptions about who should lead the next generation. Read More...
How Second-Act Entrepreneurs Can Turn Passion Into a Business
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Midlife founders can pursue a long-held dream while lowering risk through planning, part-time income, community connections and flexibility. Read More...
How Native American Entrepreneurs Are Overcoming Barriers to Business Ownership
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Native American founders are creating companies in fields from broadband to design while drawing on community, tradition and modern technology. Read More...
How Older Entrepreneurs Are Revitalizing Rural Communities
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Later-life founders are launching businesses in rural America, creating jobs, strengthening communities and finding meaningful second-act careers. Read More...
Will Older Small Business Owners Finally Get the Pandemic Help They Need?
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The coronavirus pandemic has been especially vicious to America’s small business owners — including those over 50. Read More...
This midlife startup owner has pivoted twice
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This story illustrates a major theme of the second-life small business owner: The critical role community plays in the creation and the running of a startup. Read More...
The Advantages of Older Entrepreneurs
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Abundant experience, wide networks and personal capital help to make people over 50 particularly successful in starting small businesses. Read More...
Mentors Encourage a Rural Renaissance
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Entrepreneurs are discovering small towns whose enthusiastic business and civic mentors are a catalyst for a success. Read More...
Black Entrepreneurship Blossoms
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A revival in startups after COVID is opening opportunities for Black small-business owners. Read More...
More Than the Sum of its Partners
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From Ben & Jerry to Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, complementary collaborators can propel a venture to great heights. Choose your partner carefully. Read More...
Launching a New Business? Invest in Yourself
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With institutional financing hard to find, mid-life entrepreneurs must expand the knowledge and skills that will improve the odds for their new businesses. Read More...
How to Turn a Hobby Into a Business
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Some people change plans after they retire; others make change itself their plan. Read More...