Baby Boomers in Broward County have a powerful ally starting this fall with the establishment of the Boomer Entrepreneur Initiative.  If you’re a Boomer who is retired or will soon retire and you are thinking about starting your own business or are a small business owner already wanting to accelerate growth or add a social impact component to your business, you won’t want to miss the Boomer Entrepreneur Initiative.  Workshops offer the boomer retiree real-life business applications, ranging from an Introduction to Technology and Computers for Business to Keeping the Books.   As an added benefit, they can receive individual business counseling sessions that are tailored to their specific business needs.  Additionally, monthly networking events will be provided offering Boomers a place to forge lasting business relationships and share lessons learned.              

The Boomer Entrepreneur Initiative is funded through the Community Foundation of Broward’s Re-engage for Good Initiative, designed to enrich our community through the engagement of retired boomers for public good.   This program is part of an effort to help find productive encore careers for the coming flood of retiring baby boomers.   Many want to find work that has social impact after their primary career ends.  Entrepreneurship offers boomers the opportunity for a second career tailored to their interests and social entrepreneurship offers them a way to work towards community improvements and social change.   

Reserve your spot now for an upcoming workshop or sign up for a counseling session, Click Here.

Businesswomen in Southwest Florida have a powerful ally now with the recent establishment of a local branch of the Florida Women's Business Center in Fort Myers.  It is located in the Southwest Florida Enterprise Center (SWFEC), which is located close to downtown Fort Myers and Interstate 75.  The SWFEC recognized that the FWBC services aligned well with its own and generously donated office space.  Local businesswomen, Deborah Shane is the Business Development Manager for the Ft. Myers branch.  Her role is to provide a combination of small business training, one-on-one counseling and outreach/marketing of the program.