Older Entrepreneurs

Savitude founder and serial entrepreneur Camilla Olson talks about what it's like to be an older female entrepreneur, and how she leans on her mentor for support and to hear 'I'm not crazy.'

These supremely successful businesswomen prove that age really is just a number.

Older entrepreneurs know a lot about how business, culture and leadership work.

These five very successful individuals followed Sir Winston Churchill's advice to 'Never, never, never give up.'

Older workers have a few qualities that work to their advantage.

There is no easy money. Remember that.

Remember, business greats like Sam Walton and Colonel Harland Sanders were a lot older than 25 when they found success.

Here are my five hard-earned lessons, which apply to every entrepreneur and work across all industries.

Nearly a quarter of new entrepreneurs are boomers aged 55 to 64. They have experience, financial stability and extensive networks.

With 20-something co-founders becoming billionaires, you'll likely surmise that entrepreneurship is only a young person's game. But you'll be wrong.

You're never too old to start a new venture.

I graduated from medical school at 39, opened a business at 50 and wrote a book at 63. It's never too late to reinvent yourself.

If you've dropped a big chunk of your savings on an expensive car, had an affair and left your family or quit your job and ran off to a tropical island, you should have listened to your inner child.

Age is just a number and a birthday is just a perfect time to consider how significant is that number?

Research shows that businesses started by older people, on average, are more successful than those started by their younger counterparts.

A new report from HSBC analyzes the culture and motivation of generations of entrepreneurs around the world.

Years worth of real-world experience can make an older person the ideal first-time entrepreneur.

They say age is nothing but a number, and these stats prove it.

Another compelling argument that age is but a number.

No sports car can take you back to your youth but you can leverage your unique past for a better future.

Whether because of economic necessity or to satisfy a postponed desire, for some the best time to start a business is when they otherwise might retire.