Listen to ‘Your Next Avenue’ Podcast: Bullseye: Target Audience Tips for Entrepreneurs Summary: Advice from Lola Rain and Josh Bois on how midlife entrepreneurs can find and reach their target audience Details About This Podcast: Lola Rain is vice pres… Continue reading
(The following article is excerpted from the new book, Never Too Old to Get Rich: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting a Business Mid-Life. Next Avenue co-published it with Wiley.) For a couple of years, when she was growing up in Hibbing, Minn., Rache… Continue reading
When your health insurance claim is denied or your health insurer refuses pre-approval for care you need, you may think your hands are tied. But there’s actually a lot you can do to try getting that decision reversed All health insurance policies have … Continue reading
Until recently, aside from talking about Medicare for All, most Democratic presidential hopefuls haven’t said much about issues of keen interest to older voters. That all changed last week, though, when they answered pointed questions at the AARP Presi… Continue reading
Divorce is painful, sometimes necessary and often expensive. Just ask Kathleen James of Downers Grove, Ill., who divorced at 50 and says she “woefully underestimated the expense.” These days, a traditional divorce for a couple over 50 (with a house, re… Continue reading
George Vrandenburg, the co-founder and chairman of the UsAgainstAlzheimer’s advocacy group is a man on a mission. And he is in a hurry. He’s not prepared to wait until 2025, the federal government’s deadline to recommend next-step solutions for Alzheim… Continue reading
I’ve been studying the candidates running for president, searching for ideas they have to bring us together as a nation. As a former board member of the federal Corporation for National and Community Service (which includes AmeriCorps and Senior Corps)… Continue reading
The last time Patricia Femia saw her mother, Ada Vocino, was February 14, 2013 — Valentine’s Day. But this was anything but a heartfelt meeting. The two women were in the Morris County Courthouse in Morristown, N.J. and were there for war. Patricia, t… Continue reading
Several months ago, a friend and I were discussing a mutual acquaintance from college. The woman had divorced her husband after 15 years of marriage and he was arrested for securities fraud shortly after. He subsequently went to prison. Our classmate c… Continue reading
While airline passengers were once preoccupied with worries of lost luggage, today, they’re more concerned about how much they’ll pay for checked bags. With most major carriers charging $30 for the first one and $40 for the second one, the fees are hav… Continue reading