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Why You Should Start Your Own Business Today

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The nation’s 73 million baby boomers (according to data estimates from the 2020 census ) are just starting to reach retirement age, yet they’re realizing that they can’t afford to retire. This article was published in November 2012 and has been updated. A second career. What’s more, they don’t want to.

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How Women Are Rising in Business

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from 2012—while the growth of male-owned employer businesses during the same time period was only 5.2%. million workers in 2019 and grew their workforce by 28%… between 2012 and 2019.” Other reasons included “not [being] ready to retire” and the loss of their previous job. of employer businesses in 2019—a growth of 16.7%

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The Startup Fiscal Cliff

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.   NVCA  also reported that the level of 2012 venture funding will likely substantially fall relative to 2011. According to the NVCA, the number of these rounds has fallen by almost one-third in 2012 versus 2011. Business Insider has a good article on this startup cash crunch.   The reason is quite simple.

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Last Minute Tips to Generate Business During the Holidays

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Share with them your excitement about your new offerings and goals in 2012, and ask for them to help you spread the word. Bringing a favorite e-book out of retirement for a limited time (or one last time) can help put money in your pocket while you sleep! What better time than the holiday season to connect with people?

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More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food

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Blog powered by TypePad Member since 01/2005 « Street Food Gets Real | Main | Please Take "The Organizational Use of Video Storytelling" Survey » June 23, 2010 More on the Growth of Small Farms and Local Food Interesting article in the Washington Post on mobile slaughterhouses.  Having trouble reading this image?

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GoDaddy Founder Bob Parsons Is in the Business of Helping Others Find Success

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He and his wife, Renee, established The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation in 2012, with the express goal “to reach low-income and underserved populations, marginalized communities and causes often overlooked or underfunded by mainstream philanthropy.” I’m almost certain that I’m going to retire right after I am cremated,” he jokes. “I

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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A Sudanese woman, Alik, who was pregnant and had two young children in tow, arrived in Fort Worth, Texas, without her husband, Dyan, in 2012. Pat Rydzy, a retired dental hygienist from upstate New York, discovered a need one day in January 1997 when an adult male with developmental disabilities sat down in her hygienist’s chair.

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