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Cross-Generational Partnerships Can Be Magical for Business

The older partner's wisdom, experience, and connections can complement the younger generation's fresh thinking. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of The Great Unretirement, a Next Avenue initiative Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Lin Grensing-Pophal

Higher Ed Adjusts to the Unretired

Universities, colleges and trade schools offer programs for people eager to start a new business or career after they retire. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of The Great Unretirement, a Next Read More...

Category: Features

Authors: Edd Staton and Cynthia Staton

What We Can Learn From Older Entrepreneurs

These innovators, who started businesses and introduced new products after passing 50, are evidence that there’s no age limit on good ideas. Photo: Ravi Sawhney, founder of RKS Design. EDITOR'S Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Lin Grensing-Pophal

Turning Retirement on Its Head

Inspirational stories of people who started businesses they love after their first careers ended. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of The Great Unretirement, a Next Avenue initiative made possible Read More...

Category: Features

Authors: Edd Staton and Cynthia Staton

Mature Entrepreneurs Support Small Towns

In many parts of the country smaller startup companies make outsized contributions to local economies. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of The Great Unretirement, a Next Avenue initiative made Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Mallika Mitra

6 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Un-Retire

If you’re thinking about working part-time in retirement, be sure to think these things through. EDITOR'S NOTE: This article is part of The Great Unretirement, a Next Avenue initiative made Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg

Finding a Lucrative Post-Retirement Job

Jackie Lange founded her company, Panama Relocation Tours, after moving to Panama in 2010. Popular wisdom suggests that successful entrepreneurs and business leaders get their start early in life. Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Lin Grensing-Pophal

Why Do People Unretire?

Some are bored and some are broke; one was just tired of needlessly long lines at the drug store. Others started new careers as rabbis, doulas, and resort owners. Gerry Galewski of Milwaukee retired Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Deborah Lynn Blumberg

Making the Leap: From Law Enforcement and Marketing to Business Owners

Steven Mould and Lisa Lazure, partners in business and life, left jobs in law enforcement and marketing to start a knife company. Steven Mould and Lisa Lazure left the security of salaried jobs for Read More...

Category: Commentary

Author: Kimberly Eddleston

Should You Work for Yourself in Retirement?

Breaking Down Barriers is a nonprofit founded by Doug Parker, the former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, as his "unretirement" project after he stepped down. It's goal is to train more POC as Read More...

Category: Features

Author: Richard Eisenberg