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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

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 one of the last 15 years, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 have had a higher rate of entrepreneurial growth than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist.

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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

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 one of the last 15 years, Boomers between the ages of 55 and 64 have had a higher rate of entrepreneurial growth than Gen-Y, aged 20–34. These trends seem likely to persist.

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

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Web hosting has come a long way since I setup my first self-hosted domain back in 2004. Many reasons, such as better customer service and more technical support, since everyone on the hosting team is an expert in your software platform. More critically, what’s extra fluff that’s getting in the way of what is important?

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Hazards of Hiring

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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. Marketing for Geeks. Software Development. Several months ago, I wrote an MSDN column entitled Make More Mistakes.

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