At the end of each month, I post a round-up of Small Business Boomers posts that I’ve enjoyed writing and/or have received a great deal of response. Here are five for October:
Keeping Your Small Business Going After Surgery
Is Your Cell Phone Secure?
Will Boomers Become Extinct Under Obamacare?
Send an Encouraging E-mail Today
5 Reasons Boomers Develop Businesses
Did you find a favorite post at Small Business Boomers this month?
If you’re considering supplementing your retirement, or income if you still have a job, by developing your own small business, here are 13 to think about. They may be home businesses or those operated in a store front.
Of course, those which you begin or operate entirely from your home won’t have the overhead that a store front entails. Some of these may involve equipment that you don’t have on hand. Also, you may have to look into permits, licenses, and insurances.
Developing a hobby into a business
Selling a product or service over the Internet
Pet sitting
Skincare and make-up consultant
Party planning
Lawn and garden care …read more
Many of the jobs out there are offered to younger people rather than boomers. Or at least that has been a trend. However, we find now that some positions are filled mostly by those of retirement age.
When I mentioned my surprise that two ladies my age and I were hired for a summer job, as well as younger people, a friend commented, “They probably feel those your age will be more reliable, get to work on time, work well on the job, and not call out on short notice.”
Do other employers consider this when hiring for a position that can be …read more
Dr. Jean Murray, former blogger here at Small Business Boomers, and now owner of Dr. Jean Means Business , writes a guest post for us today about keeping her business going during knee replacement surgery and recovery.
Like many other Baby Boomers, I have terrible knees. The word “bone on bone” was first told me by my internist a year or so ago, and it didn’t take long for me to decide I needed to get new knees.
At 62, I’m on the younger age of the knee replacement demographic (nice to be told, “You’re a little young for this,”). But I figured, “Why live …read more
According to articles I’ve come across recently, seniors are more inclined to be in better health if they continue working after retirement age.
Also, if they’re working at complex jobs, their minds stay sharper.
Many boomers have reached retirement age or soon will be there. This information about working and health may be a reason seniors/boomers consider their own businesses, whether starting one that will grow to the hiring of employees or be the expansion of a hobby into a home business.
Most seniors today, unless they already have existing health problems, don’t want to spend all their days in a rocking …read more
In response to my post, 5 Reasons Boomers Develop Businesses, Jeny added this:
Boomers develop business also because they do not want to feel that they are useless to their family and society, and boomers are good entrepreneurs because they are mature and have lots of experience in life.
How true! Boomers want to feel useful and don’t want to be a burden to their families. They desire to be contributing members of society as long as they can.
They also have the added advanage of maturity and experience. Also, they’re more inclined to have what my mother called “stick-to-itiveness.” They realize a …read more
Unless Congress intervenes, those receiving Social Security won’t see a cost of living increase in 2010.
In all likelihood, there will be an increase in your Medicare and perscription deductions from your gross Social Security payment? Supposedly, because of the recession, cost of living in the U.S. didn’t increase in 2009.
Will this affect many boomers? Yes, those who are eligible for Social Security payments.
However, is there anything that says we must have an increase each year? Do all pensions have an increase built into them? Is what we’re receiving more than what many paid into the system over the years?
If the …read more
More and more boomers use cell phones, iphones or similar, for personal use and business.
Sometimes the cell phone is their only phone, as they discontinue using a “land” phone. So…as cell phones become more sophisticated, you may find yourself putting sensitive information on it regarding your business and personal life.
Is your information safe? Can others access your data for unsavory purposes? Will people obtain information you don’t want made public?
I came across an interesting article in New Scientist, The pocket spy: Will your smartphone rat you out? It seems almost too “James Bondish,” but modern technology can spy on us almost anywhere!
You might want …read more
When I wrote the post, Draw Upon Your Talents for Your Boomer Business, Laurie Neumann, of Christian Home Business Connection, commented:
I think it is important to think about your interests and what kind of business could be started from there. It’s also important to research and see if there is a market out there looking for what you want to offer and willing to pay for it.
It can be great fun (and challenging!) to start your own home based business. By choosing something that really fits you, you can have a great business for years to come.
Laurie is correct. In …read more
I recently wrote a post for Blisstree’s Arts and Crafts section, Please…Don’t Photograph My Crafts (without permission) and how difficult it is now to control it in today’s electronic world.
This plea also applies to parents and grandparents, who are concerned about strangers photographing their children/grandchildren and even posting the youngsters’ photos on the Internet. Also, parents/grandparents often don’t realize the possible ramifications, now and later, when they post photos of their kids where the general public can view them. Most don’t post simply a school photo type pic (and the school photos are copyrighted so need permission, too). They post all types …read more
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