MIT's Agelab on Boomer Entrepreneurs

Yahoo Finance has a Marketwatch article interviewing the head of MIT's Agelab on retirement.  One of the topics is boomer entrepreneurship.  Key quote:

"Entrepreneurship. Boomers want to quit what they are doing to do something with "real promise." That means the next crop of entrepreneurs won't be newly minted MBAs but Americans over age 50 and especially the group referred to as "soccer moms." Soccer moms, says Coughlin, are ready to charge back into the work force. Trouble is, most companies aren't set up to bring back them back in a productive way. Most firms can't give soccer moms the flexibility they want so members of that group are likely to launch their own companies.

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[Thriveal]

This is further information backing up the Institute for the Future's recent reporting on what entrepreneurial endeavors will look like over the next 10 years (find the report on the right side of Small Biz Labs page).

I am gearing up my consulting practice to touch these new niches in a big way!

Thanks, Jason