Feel like you are too old to become an entrepreneur? I took an early-out from a stressful corporate career and started my small business at age 42. I believe my age prepared me for the hard work and laser like focus I needed to build a business. I would never have understood what it would take at age 22 or even 32. I recently came across a great article on the myth of “startups are no place for Baby Boomers” during one of my early morning reads at Entrepreneur.com. Martin Swilling writes about this subject in “Baby Boomers, Who Are More Successful as Entrepreneurs, Are Great Startup Assets“. Word! (as the kids say).
“Boomers are well-qualified overall, having worked with high technology and computers for at least 20 years, highly educated and highly motivated. In addition to being the startup entrepreneur, there are other key roles where Boomers can be a force in driving successful startups, in concert with leaders from Gen-X and Gen-Y”
Can I say how motivated I was to visualize myself along the likes of Mr. Richard Branson?
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