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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age. These trends seem likely to persist.

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How Businesses Can Successfully Brand Themselves On Social Media

YoungUpstarts

The rise of social media platforms has brought an impressive range of new opportunities in communication and what we see is just the tip of the iceberg. Businesses will have to perform at maximum, avoiding mistakes at all costs before they happen. Avoid at all costs using symmetry in your cover photos.

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Baby Boomers Are Surpassing Gen-Y As Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age. These trends seem likely to persist.

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Ted Rheingold Founded Dogster in 2004: Five Questions About Building a Startup, Selling a Startup and Whether SF Is Still a Good Place

Hunter Walker

Dogster launched January 12, 2004 (Happy 12th Birthday Dogster!) By the end of 2004 I had brought on two co-founders: John Vars – who is now the Chief Product Office at TaskRabbit, and Steven Reading took over Sales and Revenue. This was pre-Google images, pre-MySpace/Facebook. I spent 6 months coding and building Dogster myself.

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Your Next Startup Will Likely Be Run By a Boomer

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age. These trends seem likely to persist.

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[Infographic] The Hidden Cost Of Substance Abuse In Workplaces

YoungUpstarts

Substance abuse costs government and businesses huge amounts of money yearly. According to statistics, alcohol and drug abuse costs the USA $249 and $271.5 workforce, there was a 43% increase in positivity in urine drug test from 2004 – 2016. . billion respectively, every year. There was a 56.7%

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

In the Kauffman Foundation Survey of nearly 5,000 companies that began in 2004, nearly two-thirds of the founders are now between the ages of 35 and 54. One new incentive is the falling transaction costs and barriers to entry for entrepreneurs of every age. These trends seem likely to persist.