Breakout Topics
Topics to be covered in the breakout sessions are:
- Risks and rewards of being an entrepreneur
- Strategies for identifying/selecting potential business opportunities
- Desirability of taking skills/aptitude tests to ascertain how your skills/abilities could be best applied
- Develop a business plan or business concept statement
- How to evaluate a business concept
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- Create a personal vision
- Explore funding support
- How to overcome fears/concerns and real/artificial barriers
- Conduct research on what would be the competition
- Review networks of friends/acquaintances and develop an Advisory Board/Planning Committee
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Breakout leaders include:
- Helen Dennis–nationally recognized leader on issues of aging, employment and retirement; speaker and author
- Rick Moody–Vice President & Director of Academic Affairs, AARP
- Greg Merrill–President, National Older Workers Career Center
- Elizabeth Isele–long-time advocate for senior issues, particularly work and entrepreneurship
