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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force longer, and according to a USNews article, will likely dominate the labor market by 2024. Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. percent to 24.3

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Baby Boomers Are Surpassing Gen-Y As Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. In every single one of the last 15 years, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 have had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Your Next Startup Will Likely Be Run By a Boomer

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. In every single year from 1996 to 2010, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 had a higher rate of entrepreneurial activity than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Boomers are Driving a New Entrepreneurship Boom

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. The highest growth rate last year actually was the next echelon, Gen-X, 35 to 44-year-olds. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

Partially due to the economy, but also due to longer, healthier lives and changes in job tenure, Boomers are now expected to stay in the labor force longer, and according to a USNews article, will likely dominate the labor market by 2024. Here are some indicative entrepreneurial facts from recent Kauffman studies and others. percent to 24.3

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love

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3 Website Trends That Customers (and Business Owners) Will Love written by Guest Post read more at Small Business Marketing Blog from Duct Tape Marketing Thursday is guest post day here at Duct Tape Marketing and today’s guest is Andy Hayes – Enjoy! Web Marketing Andy Hayes Responsive design'

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Hazards of Hiring

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Marketing for Geeks. 2004-07-08 15:59:32 Hazards of Hiring. In 1998, SourceGear was looking to hire a full-time person in technical support. About Eric. twitter.com/eric_sink. Version Control by Example. The Business of Software. Software Development. Several months ago, I wrote an MSDN column entitled Make More Mistakes.

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