Entrepreneurs over 50: Starting The ‘Second Chapter’
There may not be any such thing as a ‘typical’ encore entrepreneur, but there are some characteristics they share. Read more
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Building Financial Forecasts
The author offers an unusual approach to reducing the risk of starting a new business. The author analyzes his experience with a client and proposes a straightforward approach to building a company's financial model from start to finish.The author describes step-by-step the process how to validate the data while also demonstrating the reasons of why clients might face a problem of adapting SCORE spreadsheets to produce a reliable financial forecast.
Involve Your Employees, Share Your Profits With Them
Norm Beckert emphasizes the role of the employees in the high customer satisfaction. The author's recommendation is to treat the team members - he calls them Team Players - as partners by giving them key leadership roles and to reward them by using Profit Sharing Program.
How Encore Entrepreneurs Can Manage Their Risk
If you’re thinking about becoming an entrepreneur as a second act, this measured, level-headed approach is worth noting no matter what type of business you may want to start.
How Entrepreneurs Over 50 Are Making Their Mark
54% of America's small business owners are over 50. They’re harnessing their sizable professional networks, decades of experience and financial assets to start and grow their businesses.
Congratulations to the 2017 SCORE Award Winners!
It’s one of our favorite times of the year here at SCORE, when we honor small business success stories at the SCORE Awards. This year’s honorees and their mentors have diverse business interests and experience, and together, they exemplify the spirit of small business in the United States.
4 Tips for Aspiring Encore Entrepreneurs
Encore entrepreneurs start businesses for the first time as they near retirement age. Some are already retired, but seek a new path to help them feel reinvigorated in their older years.
A Few Favorite Things Inspired This Couple’s Encore Business
Gidgette and Ken Moshier decided to draw on their love for traveling and tea, as well as their small business backgrounds, to open the English Garden Tea Room.
The New Generation of Business Owners is Here
Small business in the United States has evolved tremendously over the last decade. Read more
Entrepreneurs over 50: Starting The ‘Second Chapter’
There may not be any such thing as a ‘typical’ encore entrepreneur, but there are some characteristics they share.
The Pros and Cons of Starting a Business Over 55
Rieva Lesonsky explores the pros and cons of later-life entrepreneurship from her experience.