When you are looking at options to fund your small business, and if you have retirement funds, you should consider using the ROBS arrangement. ROBS (Rollover for Business Startups) is an innovative approach to business funding. Using a ROBS arrangement, business...
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ROBS: The Best-Kept Secret for Funding Your Dream Business
Ever since you started working, you have been told to save for the future, so you'll have the means to live in the future. Whether you have a company sponsored retirement plan, are investing in a personal IRA, or making regular investments into a savings account, you...
How to Match Your Skills and Interests to Business Opportunities
"Do what you love." It is a popular maxim. We are all encouraged to work in an area that we enjoy, doing work that is fulfilling and meaningful to us. That sentiment is no different for entrepreneurs. How can you find business interests that match your...
Sharpen These 8 Skills for Startup Success
For entrepreneurs, the list of essential skills can seem never-ending. Small business owners wear many hats, and the ability to be nimble means having a vast array of talents you can draw on depending on the situation. As seen in the recent post, A 9-Step...
Entrance Strategy: What Is the Best Age to Become an Entrepreneur?
A new paper by researchers at MIT, Northwestern University and the U.S. Census Bureau dispels the classic myth that the best entrepreneurs are those who are quitting college and becoming tech giants in their twenties. In fact, according to the research recently...
6 Entrepreneurial Myths to Ditch Today
If you are considering starting your own business, it is easy to talk yourself out of it. There are too many falsehoods and myths out there that paint an inaccurate picture of what it means to start your own business. As seen in the recent post, A 9-Step Guide:...
A 9-Step Guide: Quitting Your Job to Become an Entrepreneur
When do you know it is time to take a leap of faith when it comes to your career? Every would-be entrepreneur has asked that question in a moment of soul-searching. When is the right time to move on, to try something different, and to take a calculated risk?...
Ageism Denied: 5 Reasons Senior-Run Startups Succeed
Margaret Lewis had a great job and a great salary in what she described as the high point of her career. It was 2016 when she suffered a stroke and was hospitalized for 23 days. When she left the hospital, she was in a wheelchair, could not walk, and had...
Elderly Motivation: Top TED Talks to Inspire Senior Entrepreneurs
Paul Tasner was a talented engineer with more than 40 years of uninterrupted work experience. Just before Christmas in 2009, he was working as director of operations and called into an office. It was his exit interview. He was fired from his job with a San...
How Does Ageism Affect Older Entrepreneurs?
What role does age discrimination play in shaping the decisions of older entrepreneurs to go out on their own? The question is an interesting one, given the rise of older business owners and the impact the oldest among us is having on the small-business...