Jeff Williams

32 posts

Jeff Williams is dedicated to sharing his expertise and helping boomers start a business.

How To Create A Powerful Promotional Plan For Your 50+ Business

Successful promotion is a reliable process for telling people about the solution you have to their problem. The small business marketer must learn how to use time and imagination in place of money. The key...

byJeff Williams

August 16, 2007

Wearing Many Hats in Your 50+ Business without Losing Your Head

You may have heard that in order to become a successful business owner, you must learn to become a “jack of many trades”. But what specific management tasks must you be able to handle? Below,...

byJeff Williams

August 16, 2007

Prospecting for Sales Leads in Your 50+ Business

Potential buyers of your goods or services are all around you -- friends, co-workers, church members and so on. This is one of the reasons sales prospecting is such a challenge – there are many...

byJeff Williams

August 16, 2007

Financing The Start Of Your 50+ Business

 Even with the most disciplined cost control and effective collection of money your business can run short of cash.  As a matter of fact, this is a fairly constant situation when you are growing your...

byJeff Williams

August 3, 2007

How to Turn a Product Idea into a Profitable 50+ Business

The vast majority of the companies in the Fortune 500 started out as small business enterprises, many created to bring one specific new product idea or design to life. We live in the land of...

byJeff Williams

July 31, 2007

How To Turn Your Hobby Into A Fun And Profitable Boomer Business

The number one ground rule that I advise my 50+ clients to set is: pick an activity for your business that you love doing.   The way some 50+ folks assure that they will be...

byJeff Williams

July 13, 2007

Build A Support Team To Grow Your Boomer Business

In their corporate positions, many Boomer managers are particularly adept at working in teams and with support staff.  The same leveraging of talent is critical to growing your new business.  Many new Boomer entrepreneurs are...

byJeff Williams

July 7, 2007

How to Turn your Connections into a Profitable Consulting Business at 50 and Beyond

It seems that every time there is a reduction in the number of 50+ managers at a large corporate employer, a rash of new "consultancies" spring up. This makes sense, because many individuals can start...

byJeff Williams

June 30, 2007

Starting Your Business after 50 – 7 Keys to Success

We 50+ Boomers are now the fastest-growing group of new business owners in the U.S. We’re being attracted by the freedom to act upon our ideas as we see fit, the chance to achieve much...

byJeff Williams

June 28, 2007

What’s This Thing With Boomers Starting Businesses?

Since 2001, people age 50-62 have been the fastest growing group of new entrepreneurs in the U.S. In fact, according to the U. S. Small Business Administration, as of the end of 2006 53% of...

byJeff Williams

June 22, 2007

50 and Beyond: How To Turn Your Connections into a Profitable Consulting Business

It seems that every time there is a reduction in the number of managers over age 50 at a large corporate employer, a rash of new "consultancies" spring up. This makes sense, because many individuals...

byJeff Williams

June 12, 2007

We’re Pleased to Present the StartupNation Boomer Blog

Hi, I'm Jeff Williams, Boomer entrepreneur and chief coach for Bizstarters, and now the newest blogger for StartupNation. I'm very pleased to be joining the network of experts who provide advice and thoughtful perspective through...

byJeff Williams

June 9, 2007