By HANAH CHO / The Dallas Morning News
These boomers - born again as entrepreneurs - are the stars of their own second acts
Age is just a number. Just ask entrepreneurs who launched businesses later in life.
With people living longer and a still-struggling economy, many baby boomers and seniors are striking out on their own, upending traditional notions about retirement and work.
For more than a decade, 55- to 64-year-olds have started more new businesses than any other age group, according
to the nonprofit Kauffman Foundation, which promotes business ownership.
Last year, the share of entrepreneurship among the baby boomer group was 23.4 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 1996. And there’s no sign that’s letting up. The aging population is expected to keep fueling an entrepreneurial boom in this country.
These five local entrepreneurs turned layoffs and other life circumstances into business opportunities.
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