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Episode from Tips for Entrepreneurs Channel: Life Planning

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StartupNation’s Rich Sloan interviews boomer business consultant and author, Dan Vanacore, for this trend-rich podcast episode. Learn from Dan what his research reveals as the brightest business opportunities for Boomers and other entrepreneurs as we move ahead into 2009.

Among the opportunities touched on:

My book-"The Baby Boomers Guide to Small Business Success" (available March 2009) goes into great detail on which business opportunities make the most sense based on trends that will be here for years to come based on lifestyle changes, demographic changes, the economy, health and leisure.

  • Technology Opportunities, like Content and Document Management services, and "Brain Gyms"
  • Career Planning
  • Retail Catering to Boomers
  • Financial Planning Services

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Hello JumbpPanda,   My name is Ruth and I live in the state of Washington.  I`ve had an idea for about 7 year and now want to move forward withthis business adventure.  The type of business is recreational. It will allow many local community families to participate and do things together.  In addition, locally we have 2 recreational business, one of them can accomodate perhaps 50 individuals and other one about 120 or so. My dilemma, no...

Hey everyone, In business school we put a strong emphasis on objective reasoning (i.e. what does something really/actually mean to us), and business development.  Many people come to me with their ideas, because they either lack experience, or imagination to fully develop an idea.  I find that boomers tend to have the most realistic ideas, most of which are need driven.  While everything makes sense when it is floating around in someone`s head, it is important to sit down and fig...

I am new to the site and found many things interesting. I am a Boomer and also back in college to learn a new skill. I graduated last May in Informational System and in Medical Coding,but do you think I could find a job..I am either over-qualified or no experience..I did work two jobs, but had to quit one job in 2006 due to my hearing loss. My other job they downsize me to 10 hours a week. I understand things are hard and am thinking about opening a business that I have been learning to do ( j...

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