Press Release
Finding Work At 50 And Over - Age Can Be A Barrier;
But Is A Great Advantage To Those
Starting A 50+ Business
A number of national business magazines have recently featured articles on how 50 and over
corporate managers are finding their age to be a major deterrent to finding and holding a job. But
according to Chicago-based business start-up expert, Jeff Williams, 50+ individuals who choose to launch their own businesses enjoy some real advantages over their younger counterparts.
Williams' business start-up course, "Starting a Business In Your Fifties And
Beyond" includes a section on how prospective 50+ entrepreneurs should
see their age not as a weakness, but as a great strength.
Williams highlights a number of entrepreneurial advantages people 50 and beyond enjoy:
· They've learned to be patient to let good things develop.
· They like to carefully research and conceptualize new ideas.
· They're disciplined in managing money.
· They know how to work well with a variety of people.
· They're clear on what they do and don't like.
· They know how to budget their time.
· They have a keen sense of good, and bad, customer service.
· They know what they are good at doing and have confidence when they're doing it.
To help prospective Boomer entrepreneurs get started, Bizstarters offers the
free Getting To Go work activity
assessment on its homepage that helps the 50+ individual find potential business based on doing
work they love.
About Bizstarters
Bizstarters guides Boomers to plan and launch successful businesses.
The Bizstarters programs, coaching services and workshop series are based on
founder Jeff Williams' nineteen years of experience and his award-winning live
workshops and training programs. Since starting his original entrepreneurial training
company in 1988, Williams has specialized in working with Boomers who are in transition
to self-employment and has coached and trained more than 4,000 new entrepreneurs.
His advice has been featured in national publications such as Entrepreneur and
Kiplinger's plus online at Fortune.com and BusinessWeek.com. A Boomer business owner himself,
Williams specializes in showing his peers how to start a successful business that will
inspire and reward them.
