Better, Smarter, Richer by Jackie B
DO WHAT YOU LOVE! — THRIVE FINANCIALLY.
Financial planning and money coaching as a small business Luna Jaffe, 55, Lunaria Financial, Ltd. Financial planning, investment management, and money coaching is Luna’s business. As an independent financial professional, Luna is the award-winning author of Wild Money: a Creative Journey to Financial Wisdom, “the world’s first beautiful book about money.” Luna writes, “my life’s Read More …
Jim Newcomer helps local and sustainable companies succeed through his small business Balance Breakthrough Coaching What the Business Does: Coaching services for “businesses with purpose,” focusing on helping sustainable, socially- and/or locally-minded companies succeed. “My calling is to support clients in succeeding: retaining their commitment, surviving as a business, and making a living.” What makes Read More …
Name of business: Staicoff Design Company and Paper Paint Press, two businesses uniquely intertwined. What the businesses does: Staicoff Design Company is an interior design firm focused on the guest experience in hotels and restaurants. Paper Paint Press is an outlet for Jim’s creative bent and offers “distinctive, high-quality, art-inspired wall products.” All made in 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 …
It’s time to make the leap! Traditional employment is fading fast. Now is the time to focus on your business startup For more than two decades, ‘Solopreneurship’ has quietly been on the rise. Also called, independent work, freelancing or sometimes contract work. Check out this recent article in Fast Company Magazine. Studies show that Solos make Read More …
Greetings from from Deadwood, South Dakota! My husband and I are on a month-long road trip, and we were absolutely charmed by this stop-over. Deadwood is an old mining town, but it has totally reinvented itself for the 21st century…which is to say, it has created an inspiring encore career for itself. Today, it’s a Read More …
The other day I learned that my piece Encore Entrepreneurs Fill Gaps and Their Pockets was published by Next Avenue. Needless to say, I was delighted; being in the company of the experts at Next Avenue is true honor. Next Avenue is a PBS website designed to reach America’s booming 50+ population as they plan for Read More …
The other day I read an article called “5 New Year’s Resolutions Those Over 50 Should Never Make,” and I started to bristle when I read #4. It starts with “Resolve to reinvent yourself”–as in, those over 50 should never resolve to reinvent themselves. As a passionate advocate for the encore movement, I have staked Read More …
The past three episodes of Solo Pro Radio have featured a series of conversations between Jackie B. Peterson of Better, Smarter, Richer and Doug Lundrigan of Lighthouse Business Solutions. They discussed what it takes to be an encore entrepreneur in the brave new world of the 21st century businesses–and best of all, they gave listeners Read More …
