With an enlightening combination of real-life stories and relatable, hands-on advice, Second Chance Revolution: Becoming Your Own Boss After 50 breaks fresh ground, providing an inspiring yet practical how-to for the entrepreneurially-minded men and women in this exciting phase of life, who dream of finally working for themselves and are searching for guidance on how to do it.
For millions of individuals, changing economic and social trends have done away with the "golden years." As it turns out, this is not such a bad thing. In fact, it can be good! Emerging demographic patterns reveal an energetic, engaged, and driven group of over 50 visionaries, all intent on creating new professional opportunities. Whether out of practical necessity or personal fulfillment, members of the baby boom generation are refusing to phase themselves out of the workforce. Instead, they are turning age, expertise, and accumulated experience into a major advantage - by starting their own business, and by living their long time dream. For those setting out on a postretirement career as well as those choosing self-employment after job loss, this guide provides targeted information for the legal, financial, administrative, technological, psychological, and family concerns specific to entrepreneurship after the age of 50. With an enlightening combination of real-world advice and relatable examples, this planner provides those aged 50 and older with the tools to evaluate both their persona and the business opportunity and helps them make the best choices. Among the topics covered are how to select the entrepreneurial activity best suited to current finances, time constraints, personal goals, family situation, and temperament; avoid the 10 most common over-50 entrepreneurial mistakes; get a business up and running smoothly and keep it that way; and determine whether a franchise opportunity is a wise option. Advice on availing oneself of the smartest entrepreneurial information, know-how, tricks, and resources available nationwide is also provided.
Professional Reviews
Harry R. Moody, Ph.D., Director of Academic Affairs, AARP
“What you will find by reading this book is that later-life entrepreneurship is not one adventure, but many. Or said another way, not one story but many stories. It could be a story in which your last chapter is your best chapter, a time for becoming your own boss, or, better, ‘becoming the person you were meant to be’…Professor Edward Rogoff and author David Carroll have put together in this book the indispensable tools needed to make that journey and, finally, to find the deep gladness that comes from successful entrepreneurship in later life.”
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