Small Business Boomers

Where do Boomers find ideas for small businesses, either those they operate from their home or from a location outside the home?  What can you do that doesn’t involve a great deal of expense?

Draw upon your talents and interests:
Quilters might start giving lessons and selling their wares.
Knitters could do the same.  Or they might open a small shop of supplies.
Writers could go in a variety of directions…blogging, writing a book, giving talks and lessons involving writing.
Carpenters could scale down from a big business and do mainly small scale repairs they could handle themselves.
Become a consultant in your field of expertise.
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As boomers discover it more difficult to find jobs, how can they determine whether they should try starting a small business?  How can they beat the odds in an economic downturn?
Find a need and fill it as the mom did who makes reusable lunch bags to eliminate the need for so many disposable sandwich bags.
Is pet sitting a possibility?  I heard someone else mentioning that it was hard to go on a trip because it was so expensive to leave their pets at a kennel. 
Is there a need in your area for companions for the elderly?  Two friends were discussing …read more

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What shall small businesses do if the “cap and trade” tax goes into effect?
 
Do you realize that according to estimates, this tax on energy and energy use will cause an average increase per family of more than $3,000 per year?  Can families and small businesses endure it in this recession prone era? 
 Obama and the Democrats, as well as others promoting the global warming agenda, are trying to push this bill through as quickly as possible.   (They’re ignoring that more and more scientists say glocal warming is  over emphasized.)   They are using scare tactics to push it through Congress and impose this tax …read more

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