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How to Find the Right Peeps for Your Business
By Lynne Beverly Strang, Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs Steve Fredlund (center) with some of his peeps In March, Steve Fredlund drove from his home in Minnesota to give a talk at the University of...
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The Benefits of Trying Something New
Competing online in District 29 Toastmasters’ Tall Tales contest Earlier this year, I decided to try my hand at a tall tales speech contest. It was a decision made with a touch of trepidation. I had...
View ArticleWhy Volunteering is a Good Thing for Entrepreneurs – Part Two
In January, I wrote this post about the many benefits that entrepreneurs gain from volunteering. Today’s post adds to this theme by sharing a recent interview conducted by Steve Gladis, Ph.D., a...
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From Academic to Food Entrepreneur: Pat Brown’s Impossible Journey
Impossible Foods founder Pat Brown believes “you have to bet on your own success.” Why would a tenured professor in his late 50s leave a job he loved to start a company he never intended to create?...
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7 Online Communities for Older Entrepreneurs
Photo by My Life Through a Lens on Unsplash In this time of social distancing, community matters big time for those who of us who are small business owners and solopreneurs. We need to brainstorm...
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5 Business Books to Read Over and Over
Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash Each year, somewhere between 600,000 and one million books get published in the U.S. alone. With so many new titles to choose from, why would you want to re-read...
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Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs Celebrates 10th Anniversary
On December 26, 2010, I launched this blog. My first story — a one-sentence post titled “Hello World!”– wasn’t exactly a barn burner. Yet it was gratifying to click on the “publish” button and watch...
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How One Woman Found Her Calling in an “80-Year-Old Startup”
By Lynne Beverly Strang, Late Blooming Entrepreneurs As Stuckey’s CEO, Stephanie Stuckey aims to continue the legacy started by her grandparents. For almost three decades, Ethel “Stephanie” Stuckey had...
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8 Ways to Become More Resilient
Photo by theverticalstory on Unsplash For entrepreneurs, a key trait for success is resilience. While that’s always been the case, an ability to weather tough times matters more than ever as the...
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6 Late-Blooming Businesses Begun During the Pandemic
Photo by Kadir Celep on Unsplash For business owners, COVID-19 brought many, many challenges. Yet the last year or so was also a time when some aspiring 40-and-older entrepreneurs decided to act. In...
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How to Find Your Why
Photo by Monty Allen on Unsplash Mark Twain once said: “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” For some lucky people, “the day you find out...
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A Late Bloomer Overcomes a Big Challenge to Open a Candle Business
A proud moment for Ivy Vaughn and her family at the official opening of Sleepy Jean’s Candle Co. When Ivy Vaughn held her August 3 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Sleepy Jean’s Candle Co., she wasn’t just...
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Where to Find Your Next Business Mentor
Photo by Amy Hirschi on Unsplash A few weeks ago, I was a guest speaker at a meeting held by the Dallas Chapter of Women of Visionary Influence (WOVI), whose mission is “to empower women to lead and...
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How to Test Your Business Idea
Photo by Diego PH on Unsplash For entrepreneurs, there’s nothing like the excitement that comes with creating a new company, a new service or a new product. Or maybe a new process that’s better than an...
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How a Late Bloomer Crafted a Successful Quilting Company
Jenny Doan, Missouri Star Quilt Company Who would think you could reinvent your whole life at age 50? It’s a question Jenny Doan still ponders, even though she did just that. Jenny is a co-founder of...
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