Savvy Business Start-Ups for 50+ Individuals
By Priscilla Y. Huff

Though it is illegal to discriminate in hiring individuals who are forty years or older, recent studies reveal prospective employers have been reluctant to hire older, jobless workers in these slow economic times because they believe they will have to pay them higher wages, or that they may lack updated job skills or for other reasons. As a result, many jobless, 55-plus persons have been compelled to become entrepreneurs and are successfully starting their own businesses to support themselves or to supplement their current job earnings or retirement incomes. If you are an older adult who is looking for a needed income opportunity and/or to fulfill an entrepreneurial dream, here are fifteen business ideas for you to consider:**

Former Corporate Leaders Create a Unique Publishing Business and Redefine an Industry

By Home Business Magazine

Michele Smith had her first child and was dealing with a 2-hour commute to and from work. Time with her family was suffering, and she had to make a change. She met Michelle Gamble-Risley at a children’s birthday party before appearing on the Rachael Ray show last Fall. Ironically, Michelle was trying to get a client on the show. Michele offered to walk in her client’s media kit into the producer’s office and before she left, the two ladies had lunch and hit it off.