If you want some great ideas for businesses you can start as a Baby Boomer, or you just want to see what some other baby boomers are doing, check out StartupNation’s list/contest of “Boomers Back in Business.” Each business is profiled and you can vote for your favorite.
StartupNational also has a list of last year’s winners. Several of these businesses were interesting. For example:
- Last year’s winner was a guy who started a fishing business around the Ozarks in Missouri. Great idea! My husband’s cousin’s husband (got that?) has a similar business. He writes for fishing magazines. Best part about what he does is that he gets things like boats, fishing lures, rods, from manufacturers.
- Another boomer is in the office space business all around the country, with his company OfficeFinder. I haven’t figured out how he does it, but he has a cool website with lots of good calculators and a checklist for setting up your office.
- Number 10 was a guy who had a tour service in Maine. He takes people around in his car seeing the sights around Portland.
What I liked about these businesses was that they are practical, down-to-earth types of businesses that any baby boomer could start, rather than the high-tech stuff that you see in the big magazines like Entrepreneur and Inc. They are businesses that I might be interested in and able to start. If you get a good idea from reading about one of these businesses, let me know.
Tags: retirement businesses, small businesses for baby boomers, StartupNation
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