Hey Gang-
We’ve been missing in action for the last few weeks - and we will be back to our regularly scheduled programming NEXT week.
When you are over 50, these meat machines we inhabit sometimes start to need some maintenance - and well, that’s what happened here. We needed a couple of weeks in the shop. (Perfect time to listed to the Shawn Colvin album “A Few Small Repairs”.)
All the parts have been ordered, installed and we’ll see you next week.
In the meantime - fascinating article about “Silver Startups” in Entrepreneur earlier this week.
Some key takeaways:
Almost 20% of folks 65+ are either in the workforce or looking for work - 2x what it was just a few years ago.
In 2019, a UPS survey found 65% of people were interested in starting something new in retirement.
A Washington U prof says that increased community involvement, social activity & a sense of purpose are real benefits to engaging in post retirement work & entrepreneurship.
See you next week!
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