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Creating a Succession Plan for Your Business

From left to right, Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook and Brian Cox in HBO's "Succession."   |   Credit: Photograph by Graeme Hunter/HBO Editor’s note: This article Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg

Best Advice for Starting a Business After 50

  7 Generation Games designs and develops computer games to teach math to kids age 8 to 14, particularly Native American and Spanish-speaking students.  |  Credit: 7 Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg

Keeping it in the Family

From left, Jeanne Plumley, her daughter Rebecca Miller and Rebecca's daughter Ellery Editor’s note: This article is part of Lessons from Leaders, a Next Avenue initiative made possible by the Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Jennifer Nelson

What I Wish I Knew Before Starting a Business

Over the years, Noah Alper, 75, has started and run five businesses and a nonprofit school. Four of his ventures — including Noah's Bagels and the natural food and housewares chain Bread & Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg

The Advantages of Older Entrepreneurs

If you want to take a conversation in an interesting direction, ask a group of adults what they think is the most popular age for entrepreneurship. The typical answer in my experience is the younger Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Chris Farrell

Sometimes, Sandy Showers and Dirty Dogs are the Mothers of Invention

EDITOR'S NOTE: This first-person account of changing careers and starting a business is one in a series of eight stories shared by Next Avenue readers. The full collection is available here . By Lisa Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

Bicycle Enthusiast Realizes His Dream in Difficult Times

EDITORS NOTE: This first-person account of changing careers and starting a business is one in a series of eight first-hand stories shared by Next Avenue readers. The full collection is available Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

When Life Hands You Lemons, Start an Organic Lemonade Company

EDITOR'S NOTE: This first-person account of changing careers and starting a business is one in a series of eight stories shared by Next Avenue readers. The full collection is available here . By Lori Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mark Stein

How Startups Can Prepare for Hard Times

EDITOR'S NOTE: Investment in startups by VCs declined by almost half for the year ending June 30, 2023 over the same period a year earlier. As a result, many startups -- even those that Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden

Using Social Media to Market Startup Businesses

Editor’s note: In this series, Next Avenue will follow Patricia Wynn as she embarks on becoming an entrepreneur with her North Carolina lifestyle assistant business. Future installments will note Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Leslie Hunter-Gadsden