Better, Smarter, Richer by Jackie B
DO WHAT YOU LOVE! — THRIVE FINANCIALLY.
2020 has been quite a year. It’s been tough on many people who are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, fires, and social unrest. How have solo businesses been fairing? We reached out to a few Better, Smarter, Richer alumni, and ask how they are doing. Artist Susan Currington Thanks for reaching out and sending you Read More …
Need help writing a personal history? Read how Zoe Morrison’s business does that. Name of business: My Beautiful Life Story Years in business: The personal history aspect as a hobby, since 2007. As a business, 2 years. Telling businesses stories: 12 years What the business does: Help individuals and business find and tell their unique Read More …
Sherry Triggs’ business was up and running. Then she took a class with Jackie B. Peterson: “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Name of business: Selling is the Key Years in business: Two years (since 2017) What the business does: “We are a consulting firm for individuals wanting to start their own e-commerce business Read More …
Encore Entrepreneurs: Your Time is Now Read a blog I wrote for SHARE (Senior Health and Resource Experts). By Jackie B. Peterson Recently I teamed up with SHARE, or Senior Health and Resource Experts. Visit their WEBSITE. Here is a blog post I wrote for them: Follow Your Dream Owning your own business can be Read More …
Career counseling is Vicki Lind’s third career. Her book, Finding a Job Worth Having, guides clients through their own career transitions in a seven session process to discover their top values, skills, and interests. We talk with her about how she herself became a career counselor and how her coaching may helps those considering self-employment. Read More …
Want to start an encore career but a little scared? Michelle De Lude started Destinations Hypnosis. She’s glad she did! Michelle’s journey of re-inventing, re-visioning, and re-creating: “I worked for a hypnosis clinic from 2007 to 2017 when they closed their doors.” She is passionate about hypnosis and, according to her clients, she is good Read More …
InnovaHealth owner Roberta Kaplan lands on her feet with a specialized encore career as an independent health clinic auditor. What the business does: Independent health clinic audit consultant for Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Re-visiting, Re-creation and Re-Imagining: Roberta Kaplan was working for the Oregon Health Authority. She did this for two years, conducting Read More …
Bill Saphir’s business, William H. Saphir, LLC, provides change management consulting services to healthcare providers, focusing on supply chain process. Bill describes his chronological age as 70. Then he adds,”I don’t think I look that old nor do I feel it!” What the business does: His business is still in the beginning stages, but has Read More …
Lighthouse Business Solutions, owned by Douglas Lundrigan, aged 51. His does business consulting, coaching, training, and development. What makes it successful: “Gaining a deeper understanding of the generational cultural differences; the drain of business wisdom going on as Boomers retire; and the new methods of doing business that work versus some of the old ways Read More …
Preserve life stories for future generations as a small business. Encore Entrepreneur Inspiration: Ann Smith business of writing life stories Overview: Ann Smith, age 70, and based in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, started Life Stories Remembered to “capture for posterity the legacy of a lifetime,” to “create a legacy for future generations,” and to “preserve the recollections Read More …
