December 2011
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Can You Claim To Be An Expert, Aspiring Baby...
As an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur, you want to share your expertise with the world. But in what do you have expertise?
Perhaps this message from Robert Ringer can help you find your topic. What have you done repeatedly to the point that you are approaching or have surpassed the magical 10,000 hour mark? Whatever your answer may be, it could be the basis for your encore career.
On the...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Do People Know Enough To...
As aspiring baby boomer entrepreneurs, you and I have a product or service that we want to share with people to solve one of their problems…for a price. But, do people know enough to choose what you and I have to offer?
1. Do they know yet that they have a problem?
2. Do they know that they need a solution?
3. Do they know there is a solution?
4. Do they know you have a superior...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs, Is the Secret To...
As aspiring baby boomer entrepreneurs, we certainly want to know the secret of success. I have pondered this for much of my adult life.
What surprised me this morning was to see Seth Godin’s very short explanation of creating success. It amazed me that it might be that simple. I THINK I GOT THE JOKE.
Take a look at his post. See if it can help you be a better baby boomer business owner....
November 2011
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Aspiring Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs, Our Wins Will...
So often we expect things to happen so quickly. As aspiring baby boomer business owners we want to get things moving. But the reality is that progress begins with small steps.
Seth Godin points out the reality of progress in his blog today. I think he was writing this for you and me.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from...
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Do Women Make Better Entrepreneurs?
Though I originally started my career as an engineer, I have long felt that the limiting factor on progress is solving people problems…not technical problems.
This article about the potential of entrepreneurial women resonated with me because it speaks to the ability of women to build relationships..solving problems of people. In this era of social media, aren’t we trying to move...
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Baby Boomers Are Sharing Their Experiences
Smarter Small Business Blog is about helping aspiring baby boomer entrepreneurs, as well as entrepreneurs of all ages. But let’s face the truth. The reason that there is so much business failure is that not everyone really wants to be an entrepreneur. We can help stimulate success by helping to avoid failure. Alternatives to entrepreneurship may actually be your dream.
For those of us who...
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Do Aspiring Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs Need...
Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs find tons of stuff on the Internet.Of this stuff, what can be trusted? What is useful?
A curator’s job is to filter the tons of information to find what is useful. So, what is useful to aspiring baby boomer business owners?
The attached article describes the job of curation in general. But what is specific to the needs of baby boomer entrepreneurship? What is...
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The Day of The Aspiring Baby Boomer Entrepreneur
The aspiring baby boomer entrepreneurs are proving wrong some of the stereotypes of the baby boomer generation. A just released study shows that they want to create jobs, meet community needs, and generally make opportunities available to others.
Despite the challenges of the economy, many are prepared to put their finances at risk to pave a way to a better future. Tens of millions express the...
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Aspiring Baby Boomer - Insights On Starting a...
Are people telling you that it is too late in life to become an entrepreneur? You might want to see this brief video from entrepreneur Sheldon Zinberg. He has an alternative thought for you.
Click the link to see the video: http://www.entrepreneur.com/video/219676
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from www.entrepreneur.com
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Interview Questions For Baby Boomer Entrepreneurs...
If I want to interview you to see if you have what it takes to be a baby boomer entrepreneur, what questions would I ask you? How would the questions differ from those I would ask you to offer you a job?
Seth Godin shares some interesting thoughts on interview questions. I think his questions will help you understand the distinction I am proposing. This will help you determine the questions you...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - 3 Steps To Get The...
As an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur, you want to see this article that marketing expert Joe Polish prepared for Early To Rise.
First meeting Joe Polish at one of his events and then later getting to know him as a friend, has been a major turning point in my life. The message he shares here is the simple statement of the ultimate business model in three steps.
If you want to be a baby boomer...
October 2011
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Do You Understand The...
When aspiring baby boomer entrepreneurs get started, they often do not understand the “GAP”. Simply defined, the gap is the distance from where you are now and where you want to be. All coaching is fundamentally about helping people assess:
1. What is the gap they are trying to cross?
2. How they will organize to cross the gap?
3. How to measure progress?
In this delightful...
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Baby Boomer - Is There A Hidden Business Leader In...
Michael E. Gerber interviews a Karate Master who helps people find the leader hidden within them. He tells the story of a relatively unfocused eight year old who begins the process of studying Karate. He studies and masters the art over four years. But the big change occurs when he master’s becoming a leader.
Can this story help you find the business leader hidden inside you that can help...
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Is Your Baby Boomer Retirement Business About More...
Baby Boomers are starting retirement businesses at a faster clip than any other segment of society is forming new businesses. Baby Boomer women are starting businesses at roughly twice the rate of boomer men. There seem to be changes in the motivation of business ownership.
As this article points out, it is not just boomers who are beginning to look at broader reasons for owning a business. Are...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - The Answer Is Start...
How can you start a business and feel secure you have good odds for success?
That question is answered in this blog post…START FROM THE MARKET. It sounds as simple as “buy low and sell for a higher price”. In reality it is precious wisdom. If you start from your market, you know the problems that need to be solved and who will pay to have those problems solved. That is the...
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Baby Boomers Are Setting the Pace on Social Media...
Can it be that baby boomers are the fastest growing group of social network site users? The answer seems to be yes based upon current research.
Stereotypes are falling!
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from money.usnews.comRetirees Fastest-Growing Users of Social NetworksAugust 30, 2011Retirees age 65 and older are the...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - Ever Wonder How A Coach...
As an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur, you may wonder who you can turn to for help with your business. This article may help you understand how coaches are different than other helpful professionals and how they can best help you.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business BlogAmplify’d from thecoachingblog.wordpress.comA butterfly goes to a coachOctober 10, 2011
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How To Master Marketing!
There’s a new Ebook I have just come across which I predict will become very popular.
It presents a strategy for selling any type of product using methods which will never become obsolete. Plus an ingenious twist which will send your traffic rocketing.
The Ultimate SuperTip, written by Harvey Segal (Mr SuperTips) is neatly set out, easy to follow, written without hype and not littered...
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What Is Driving Us to Become Baby Boomer...
Why are so many of us considering becoming baby boomer entrepreneurs? Why do we want to explore redefining the nature of retirement? Is this another “baby boomer whim” or are outside forces shaping us.
If you have asked yourself these questions, you will enjoy this list of 10 forces that are shaping our thinking. Don’t be mislead…becoming a baby boomer entrepreneur is not...
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What Is Driving Us to Become Baby Boomer...
Amplify’d from money.usnews.com10 Ways Baby Boomers Will Reinvent Retirement
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Emily Brandon
February 16, 2010 The baby boomers redefined each stage of life as they passed through it. This generation also will retire in a way that is distinct from their parents and will set the standard for generations to come. Baby boomers are likely...
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Baby Boomer, Is Economy of One The Answer for You?
Normally, I don’t like to endorse a book until I have read it. Today, I make an exception. Elizabeth Allen’s new book, The Economy of One, clearly addresses the huge problem before the baby boomer community as we face retirement. We have huge financial needs and fewer opportunities available in the workplace.
Many of us are committed to some form of entrepreneurial effort as part of...
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Baby Boomers, Are You For Or Against the...
There is much debate about the proposed merger of two of the nations top three pharmacy benefit managers. How will this touch you as a retail consumer of pharmacy services. How will it impact the small business community, especially independent community pharmacies? What do you think?
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from...
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Are Younger Entrepreneurs Taking Tough Times...
Will younger entrepreneurs survive and bounce back from the current economy better than Baby Boomer entrepreneurs? That question is being posed by many.
What do you think?
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from www.heraldnet.com MOST READ THIS WEEK
Published: Monday, October 3, 2011Small business owners give their take on tough...
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Baby Boomer - You Don't Have To Learn...
This post from Smarter Small Business Blog shares with you the wisdom of Michael E. Gerber, author of The E-Myth Revisited. Make sure to click on the link to see his video presentation.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://BusinessRebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from businessrebirth.blogspot.comSunday, October 02, 2011
Baby Boomer - You Don’t Have to Learn...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - Do You Have An Everest...
As baby boomer entrepreneurs, we have great challenges to overcome. Edmund Hillary’s overcoming the challenge of climbing Mt. Everest can be encouragement to us as we climb to our peaks in life.
Please see my personal note on how meeting Hillary as a child was inspiration to me.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
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September 2011
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Baby Boomer, What Can You Learn About...
When I watched Star Wars, I had no idea it was a primer for becoming an entrepreneur. The Technosailor blog will share with you the truth. It will cut to the core light a light saber.
May the Force Be With You…Baby Boomer Master…now becoming a young Baby Boomer Business Owner apprentice.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d...
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What Does Dave Ramsey Say About Starting A Small...
Dave Ramsey is famous for giving good advice. He shares his thoughts on the value of starting a small business in today’s economy. Make sure to go to the site to watch the video.
Shallie
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from www.myfoxphoenix.comTips for Starting Small BusinessUpdated: Friday, 23 Sep 2011, 10:36 AM MST Published : Friday, 23 Sep...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur- Social Media Trends You...
As a baby boomer entrepreneur, the odds are that you need to establish yourself in the niche you have selected for your business. Social Media is the most effective way to reach out to make that happen.
This video shows some of the most powerful trends relating to how social media is being used in business. This is information you need to know.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
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Aspiring Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - Are You...
Please click this link to see the full story and video: http://businessrebirth.blogspot.com/2011/09/aspiring-baby-boomer-entrepreneur.html
Shallie
Shallie Bey
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Helping entrepreneurs of all ages, but especially baby boomer entrepreneurs, get more...
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Can A Lab Teach You To Be A Baby Boomer... →
Detroit’s Wayne State University has a lab to help you become a baby boomer entrepreneur. Is there such a resource near you?
Click on the link to learn a creative way to become a baby boomer entrepreneur.
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog (http://businessrebirth.blogspot.com)
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Will Entrepreneurship Change The Immigration...
Will immigration be the solution to returning to the “American Dream”?
This article provides some interesting research on who is being most successful in entrepreneurship. Will entrepreneurs keep us focused on the successes needed to carry us in the future? Are immigrants playing a special part in those successes?
See what Joe Kutchera has to tell you?
Shallie
Shallie Bey...
August 2011
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What Skills Increase Success At Running A Company?
Becoming an entrepreneur requires developing the skills to run an entire company. Few people have the opportunity to run an entire company before stepping out to become an entrepreneurs. How can you improve your odds of success?
This article explains “centered leadership”. It pinpoints five components that may see you through that growth phase.
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Shallie Bey
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - Is Blogging Your...
If you are a baby boomer entrepreneur, most business ideas will depend upon becoming credible with an audience. In today’s world, blogging about your topic is one of the most common ways to establish that credibility.
Jeff Bullas has written a wonderful article about what it takes to build a blog from scratch to being followed around the world. All the issues shared here about developing...
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Can We Really Make Fewer Business Mistakes?
One of the great challenges of business is making fewer mistakes. This article describes a process of asking a question that will help you have greater clarity as you make decisions. This should lead to fewer mistakes.
Do you think it could work?
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.comAmplify’d from www.lifeafter50.comWHY WE MAKE MISTAKES AND HOW TO...
July 2011
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur - Business IS About The...
If you are an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur, you must understand the power of words. Words define your company. Words attract people to your company. Words sell people on the products or services you provide.
This outstanding video featuring Morgan Freeman on behalf of Amnesty International, talks about the power of words at one level and demonstrates the power of words at another level.
To...
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Ready To Be A Professional Baby Boomer...
When Seth Godin wrote this article, I ‘m sure he didn’t have us baby boomer entrepreneurs in mind. But it could have been written for us only because it speaks to our challenge. For that matter, it speaks to the challenge of entrepreneurs of all ages.
We know that the failure rate of entrepreneurs is high. Though we encourage baby boomers to become entrepreneurs as the alternative to...
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Baby Boomer Retirement Expectations Change Coming...
Do you want to live to be 100? Many baby boomers are saying that might be good if they can stay healthy. Old images of retirement are being shattered as people approach traditional retirement age.
It looks like these changes may be a permanent reset of expectations rather than a temporary response to the slowdown in the economy. The Age Wave, the time when baby boomers move through a particular...
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Women Are Social Media Leaders
For us baby boomer entrepreneurs, it has been clear that women have been forming new businesses at twice the rate as men. Now it appears that women are the leading participants in social media, the approach through which much marketing is taking place for baby boomer entrepreneurs.
This post reviews a recent study which shows that women are participating at a higher rate than men in every major...
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Baby Boomer Business Owner - Do You Know The Fears...
Everyone has fears. The fears of your customers may be keeping you from realizing the full potential of your business.
Seth Godin shares about customers who have fears of being wrong. This is an important issue for us as aspiring baby boomer business owners. If the truth be told, we have fears of being wrong ourselves from time to time.
understanding the fears of your customers can be a major...
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How Well Are You Informed About Becoming A Baby...
You are an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur. Have you ever wondered if people are giving you good advice on how to realize your dream?
That was the thought that came to mind after reading Seth Godin’s Blog this morning. Though he is talking about being informed in general, not specifically about just baby boomer entrepreneurs, it made me wonder how many people are jumping on the baby...
June 2011
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Here Is An Example Of The Entrepreneurial Mindset
When is it due? Seth provides us with a wonderful example of the difference between the employee mindset and the entrepreneurial mindset. Making this type transition in thinking is at the core of your success as an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog http://businessrebirth.blogspot.com
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In California A New Partnership Is Formed To Help...
Many baby boomers find themselves short of skills to be as competitive as they wish to be in today’s marketplace. Though long on life experiences and job knowledge, they may be short on the skills to pass that knowledge along and to use it effectively day to day.
Enter UCLA, a foundation, Hollywood, and the high tech industry to provide a solution. See how they are creating a new online...
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Does Lack of Sleep Effect Your Ethics or Those of...
Recent research says that people who do not get enough sleep may be tempted to do unethical things. This study specifically suggests that people are more inclined to do something unethical for their personal financial gain based based upon sleep deprivation.
Does your business pressure you or your employees to function on minimal sleep levels? How about your customers? Do they perform in a...
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Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Are Good Questions The...
As an aspiring baby boomer entrepreneur, one of your challenges is proving your position of being an expert. This post is a virtual instruction manual on how to answer questions to prove your expertise.
One of the best places to both find and answer questions is Twitter. Twitter can help you build an audience that can be the launching place for your business.
Take a serious look at this...
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Are the Poor Sometimes Reluctant Entrepreneurs?
Are micro businesses sometimes too small to make a profit? Can all businesses be scaled to be efficient?
These are some of the questions that come to mind as you read this story. You can see the original at: http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/reluctant-entrepreneurs/438637/
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Shallie Bey
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Do Minorities Face Additional Challenges In Doing...
This article shares a perspective on the challenges faced by two 11 year-olds who participated in a startup weekend. Were their challenges different from other participants? Were the challenges because they were 11 years old? Were the challenges because they were a racial minority, in this case African American?
Make sure you click on the link to see the videos of their actual presentations....
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Baby Boomers Do You Know Your Local Independent...
Many people don’t know that independent community pharmacies are still around. Yet, such independents are still collectively a major force in the pharmacy industry.
Baby boomers often find that they have special needs that may not be addressed by the larger chains or big box pharmacies.Consumer Reports says that 94% of shoppers are “highly satisfied” with independents.
If you...
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Stuck Is A Curable State Of Mind
Do you find yourself stuck? There is always a reason. Once you find the reason you will know what to do.
Seth Godin shares his thoughts on the reasons to get you started toward solutions.
Shallie
Shallie Bey
Smarter Small Business Blog (http://businessrebirth.blogspot.com)
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Thoughts On Being The Media
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Survey Says: Entrepreneurs Are Made Not Born
And the question is, “How do you get made?” Read this report to get some hints.
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Michelle Hammond Friday, 03 June 2011Nearly two thirds of entrepreneurs have worked in a corporate...