According to one study, 40% of small business owners are baby boomers. There’s also evidence that many baby boomers are delaying retirement, either because they feel they can’t afford it or because they enjoy working and want to stay busy.
While the prospect of baby boomers embracing self-employment and entrepreneurship is exciting, the shift does not come without its set of challenges. Boomer entrepreneurs will still need to adapt bits and pieces of their personality to the changing world to stay relevant and successful. Luckily, most “boomerpreneurs” possess great traits that prime them for entrepreneurial success—and these traits can be emulated by other generations as well.
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