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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

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In fact, according to the latest Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent press reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity seems to be declining each year (now about.5%), 5%), but still remains higher than the native-born rate.

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Baby Boomers Are Surpassing Gen-Y As Entrepreneurs

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Contrary to what most of you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity over the last few years is not Gen-Y young upstarts, but Baby Boomers in the 55-64 year age group. 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.

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, according to the most recent Index of Startup Activity by the Kauffman Foundation and recent SBA reports , these Baby Boomers are actually driving a new entrepreneurship boom. The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity seems to be declining each year (now about.5%), 5%), but still remains higher than the native-born rate.

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Your Next Startup Will Likely Be Run By a Boomer

Startup Professionals Musings

Contrary to what most of you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity over the last few years is not Gen-Y young upstarts, but Baby Boomers in the 55-64 year age group. 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.

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Boomers are Driving a New Entrepreneurship Boom

Startup Professionals Musings

Contrary to what most of you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity over the last few years is not Gen-Y young upstarts, but Baby Boomers in the 55-64 year age group. The immigrant rate of entrepreneurial activity declined slightly in 2009, but remained substantially higher than the native-born rate.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

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Facebook alone has 800 million active members. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. Today there are huge communities online, like Facebook and Twitter, which grew in popularity for socializing with friends. Do you have a business presence there?

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

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On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 This is the same with competing activity streams in various social networks.

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