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Career Shift: Midlife Entrepreneurs 

Presented By Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX

Starting your own business in an unfamiliar field takes a little luck, a lot of gumption and long hours of hard work. This is especially true if you begin when you are middle aged or beyond. Next Avenue approached eight of these encore entrepreneurs and asked them to tell their stories in their own words. Career Shift: Midlife Entrepreneurs is funded by the Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation and EIX, Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange.

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The Advantages of Older Entrepreneurs

Abundant experience, wide networks and personal capital help to make people over 50 particularly successful in starting small businesses

Tax Tips for Entrepreneurs with New Small Businesses

'We Will Create Together' is the Mantra for This Entrepreneur's Yarn Shop

How Famed Pop Music Maker Neil Giraldo Mentors Younger Musicians

A Hopeful Future for Midlife Entrepreneurship

Overcoming Many Hurdles All for the Love of Macarons

A French immigrant learns English and educates Americans so she can sell a colorful and tasty confection

Bicycle Enthusiast Realizes His Dream in Difficult Times

A cycle shop owner uses people skills from his first career to succeed at his second

It’s OK to Fire Underperformers Even if You Are Worker-Friendly

Overcoming her aversion to conflict was necessary for this entrepreneur to create the kind of environment in which she would want to work

Using Pieces of a Career Crash to Build Something New

This executive regrouped with some former colleagues and created an online market for extraordinary products

When Life Hands You Lemons, Start an Organic Lemonade Company

An entrepreneur takes a treat once reserved for her kids and builds a premium beverage business

Sometimes, Sandy Showers and Dirty Dogs Are the Mothers of Invention

How a savvy businesswoman turned an old summertime irritation into a new year-round occupation

A Clever Idea Is Only the First Step in a Second Career

Persuading customers to try a unique new product requires plenty of hustle and chutzpah

Bread Lover’s Wheat Allergy Leads to a Second Career in Heritage Grains

A search for an easier-to-digest wheat flour turns a retirement hobby into a budding business

A Hopeful Future for Midlife Entrepreneurship

Read the inspiring stories of these three entrepreneurs, then submit your own story of entrepreneurship to Next Avenue
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