What’s new with The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur
Just before Christmas I was notified that I’ve been named winner of Broadview Network’s 2013 Best Blogs for Entrepreneurs Award. I put a lot of effort into each of my posts so it is exciting to be acknowledged. It’s a great way to end 2013. I’m looking forward to bigger and better things for 2014. Andrea […]
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Thanks to my colleague Jeff Apton, I recently discovered the report The Coming Entrepreneurship Boom from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. This study states that in the United States an entrepreneurial boom is looming; a boom created by baby boomers. Apparently, Americans aged 55 to 64 are more likely to become entrepreneurs than those aged
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Last week LinkedIn announced it was adding Twitter to the list of applications you can add to your LinkedIn profile. This means you can now have Twitter update your LinkedIn status and vice versa. For someone like me who is a heavy user of both LinkedIn and Twitter, this added functionality is much appreciated. To
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Two years and 313 blog posts later, I’m proud to say The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is still alive and kicking. I’ve done the math, and that works out to an average of three blog posts a week. I didn’t know I had it in me. Seriously! I am a writer, but I’ve never sustained a
Happy Birthday to Me or The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is Two! Read More »
I just came back from a family reunion in Hodgeville Saskatchewan – population 150ish. One day my Uncle Felix and Aunt Hilda began telling stories about grandma and grandpa (that’s my great grandparents) who homesteaded there in the 1920s. If you’re never been to southern Saskatchewan then picture bald prairie. The only trees were planted
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Today is Canada’s birthday and we’re 142. Right now, I’m on a train, somewhere between Toronto and Winnipeg. I’m on a three-week quest to see the western half of this country and visit a myriad of family members. Through the wonders of technology, I’ll be continuing to post business-related articles throughout my trip. However, I
At midnight eastern June 12th, Facebook opened the doors for people to reserve their usernames as vanity Facebook URLs (I’m www.Facebook.com/AndreaStenberg). There was a fully of activity at midnight and many experts were amazed that Facebook didn’t crash as people rushed to reserve their own names. Meanwhile, many people rushed to reserve vanity URLs for
Facebook Wouldn’t Let You Reserve Your Fan Page Vanity URL? Do it Sunday Read More »
Unlike Twitter or LinkedIn, as I write this post Facebook does not have user friendly or Vanity URLs for members. On Twitter, you can find me at www.Twitter.com/andreastenberg. On Facebook it’s http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/profile.php?id=785250004&ref=profile. All this changes at one minute after midnight (your local time) Saturday June 13th. If you’re reading this on Friday June 12th, that’s
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Just last week I was a guest on the Growing Bolder radio show, talking about socia media and baby boomer entrepreneurs. The recording is now live on their website. Please take a listen when you have a moment. Andrea J. Stenberg
I’m a guest on the Growing Bolder Radio Show Read More »
Since learning the ins and outs of LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter, I’ve become something of a social media evangelist. I love using social media, I’m getting amazing results and I’m not shy about telling everyone about it. And social media use is exploding. If you believe the hype, everyone is using it. I’ve learned however,
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