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Small Business Boomers

June 30th, 2008

Baby Boomers: Vacation to Try Out a Vocation

I just found a website for an interesting company called VocationVacations®. The company sends you on a vacation to try out a vocation.
Have you ever wanted to be:

An alpaca rancher?
A bed and breakfast owner?
A chef?
A dude rancher?
An interior designer?
A private investigator?
A sailing boat captain?
A wine bar owner, vineyard owner, or wine retailer?

There are many […]

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June 27th, 2008

Baby Boomer Retirement = A New Career

Baby boomers, please congratulate my husband - he is officially retiring today. Well, to be exact, he is leaving the full-time job he’s been in since 1980, leaving behind many friends and a lot of very productive work.
But he is not going to be sitting around the house - God forbid! He has […]

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June 7th, 2008

Should you use an IRA to fund your business?

I’ll bet you didn’t know you could use an IRA (called a “self-directed” IRA) to fund your business. I recently wrote about using IRA’s to fund businesses on my About.com Guide Site, U.S. Business Law & Taxes.
But I hesitated a long time before I wrote it. I don’t give investment advice, and I […]

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May 28th, 2008

Take A Chance

Are you ready to take a chance? Are you ready to quit your job and start a small business?
Tags: ABBA, baby boomers, retirement, small business, take a chanceShare This

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May 27th, 2008

Taking a Chance on Retirement … to a Home Business

This month’s contest on the Business Channel at b5media is about “taking chances.” I’m ready to take the chance, to “retire” and work full-time from home.
Have you thought about “retiring” and starting a new business, at home or elsewhere?
There is a lot of fear associated with big life changes, like changing jobs, starting a […]

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May 5th, 2008

Every 8 seconds a a Baby Boomer retires… and some become ruppies

says MSNBC.com
And in a new book titled Nextville, Barbara Corcoran talks about where we will be retiring. One group of retirees is heading back downtown. They are tagged as “ruppies”(retired urban professionals) . For example, I know a couple who left their beautiful home in the country, with landscaping, and […]

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April 12th, 2008

Time to sell your business? Or buy another one?

The “Boomer effect” has been noted by Fox Business, who say it’s a great time to buy a business.  Why?  Boomers are ready to retire and sell their businesses (their children aren’t interested in keeping the business), so if you are ready to buy a second business or a retirement business, this might be the […]

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March 17th, 2008

Happy St. Patrick’s Day - Ready to Retire to Ireland?

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! If you’re Irish, as I am, a double celebration is in order. And if you really want to immerse yourself in Irish stuff, how about retiring to Ireland?
Here are a couple ofweb sites with information:
EscapeArtist.com
InsideIreland.com
Is this just a dream? Maybe, maybe not. Let me know […]

By Jean -- 1 comment

March 10th, 2008

Small Business “retirement” idea - Home Typing Service

Mary Emma Allen, over at Home Biz Notes, recently answered a reader’s question about starting a home typing business. I’m assuming the question was about word process on computers, not typewriters. Reminds me of the old Selectric typewriters with the balls you could replace for different fonts…. Back in the 80s, when […]

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March 8th, 2008

Procrastination in Retirement - When will you retire?

Some older workers never retire.  In fact, according to the Toronto Financial Post, 17% of boomers continue to work indefinitely, not just for the money but for personal satisfaction.
The trade-off is that you aren’t taking Social Security, which means that you can take more out later (if you live long enough).  Postponing your retirement (not […]

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