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dennis - just in case some of our team members are not signed up for email notifications from this forum, i will be sure to send them a link - they will be VERY proud to hear your opinion that you so kindly shared.

namaste to you- (from a former part-time volunteer yoga teacher),

rich


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Rich Sloan , Co-Founder, Chief Startupologist, StartupNation

Hey Joel:

     I am a boomer(August 13,1948) and have always had alot of fun in business so I never stopped.

     One of my companies that I play an active roll in is www.islandstuffusacorp.com We manufacture both Women"s,Men"s and Kids clothing out of China and our contacts there are fantastic(Been going there for over 4 years).One of our customers is Walmart and we are now looking to expand our business with other major retailers(Target,K mart,JC Pennys,etc.plus also The Drug Chains like Walgreens,CVS and Rite aid.

         There is alot of money to be made and I am looking for the proper contacts into these type of companies.

           I can be reached at 305-305-5926 or my email is jeffrey@islandstuffusacorp.com.

           thank you;

                   Jeffrey  ; Gerstein

 

I`m a Baby Boomer, but I will be turning fifty in a few days.  I believe the tail end of the Baby Boomer generation still might not be fifty yet.

 

Suzanne

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Suzanne Elegant Writings Enterprises

From Wikipedia - A baby boomer is anyone born between 1946 and 1964 in a country that experienced an unusual spike in birth rates following World War II, a phenomenon commonly known as the baby boom.

 

(Ignore the hyperlinks - they stayed in when I pasted it!)

 

Suzanne

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Suzanne Elegant Writings Enterprises

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Changed my mind... I HATE having my posts either deleted or edited without justifiable cause... or a note of explanation from the utter (unflattering name deleted) that did the dastardly deed.

Gone fishin` back in my old pond.

Bye.

If I could find the membership delete button, I would use it.

Good luck all... write when you get work.

Part of what us boomers need epens on whether we were entrepreneurs in our past lives, corp. workers or not working.  As a former WSj reporter, now speaker/author I am a mixed cat.  i love working with people in their 20s and 30s who are tech-savy, cross-consulting in specific ways, forging alliance to reach my market with their social media expertise, sharing the profits and learning from each other.

In a flattening world, dedicated to "the power of us" those who will flourish  - no matter what their age - are those who can forge alliances with people very different than themselves (in talent, experience, work style etc.) to generate more visibility and value for the niche market they seek to serve.

our rally call may well be as boomers, how to find the fun (and profit) where the sum of us is better than apart.

And StartupNation is uniquely positioned to support that opportunity. The founders of responsive, social media-oriented... and they seem clike inventive and fun folks.

 another fan
Kare Anderson, author, SmartPartnering
http://www.sayitbetter.com/meeting_planners.html
http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sayitbetter

 I`m 56 and have been in the search for a good business idea. Sounds easy, right? No way I`m 16 months into my search, have looked into more than 26 buisnesses including one franchise. I hate the franchise concept. Not for me, at least as a buyer.

I have offered to come up with the money (I`m not Angel Investor). Number one condition is I work were I put my money, full time. No one has come up to me and asked me to sign a NDA to see if I`m willing to do the business with them.

So I think this idea of Start Up Nation of having baby boomers as main characters is great and I suggest it should be used as a link between people with "the idea" and people who have the money and will to put ALL their time to work in whatever that idea/ project may be.

For the time being I was offered an opportunity in Mexico were I`ll be heading in 4 weeks.

Good idea from Start Up nation!!!!!

 

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I`m a boomer who has been self employed since she was 10 years old. I`ve worked from home doing dressmaking, clothing design, product design and other artistic persuits. Now that the children are grown, I am devoting full energy to my business. Moving into my late fifties, I am more focused on having a business and being in business.  Its like this, before I was working to supplement my husband`s income, and keep the family afloat---now I work for three things, pleasure, principle and profits.  Pleasure, because I enjoy making unique products tht are useful and need by society. I also have a cap on the amount and rate of production (based on sales/interest) by my marketing and promotion procedures. Principle is in place because I don`t want to keep up with the Jone`s or have them running after me. I don`t have much to weight me down and I`m not trying to leave the most stuff behind when I pass on to my great reward. Profits are needed in their proper perspective so that I can spread the wealth around---take my dollars and support the local grocer, other home-based businesses and of course government in all its layers. As a boomer I`ve learned over the years to live simply and joyously--where I am at.