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Mario Gutierrez is 68, but still gets rewarded for his work at the Pepsi Bottling facility in Doral. At age 69, Mario Gutierrez arrives at the Pepsi Bottling facility at 5 a.m. and ends his work day about 12 hours later. By the time he heads home, he has visited about a half dozen customers, buying one a cup of Cuban coffee or chatting with another about their sales. While traditional retirement age was four year ago, for Gutierrez it's not even in his near-term vision. ``I feel satisfie...

If you want to find America's entrepreneurs, should you be searching places frequented by senior citizens? The answer, from several data sources, appears to be yes. Contrary to the popular perception that entrepreneurship is a young person's game, seniors are more likely than young people to operate their own businesses. According to a June 2009 report by Dane Stangler of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation: "In every single year from 1996 to 2007, Americans between the ages of 55 and 64 had...

Which age group do you think has more entrepreneurs--twentysomethings or those over 55? If you guessed the latter (because it seems less likely so it must be true) you guessed correctly. According to the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the research and support of entrepreneurship, in the past decade the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity belongs to those between 55 and 64 years old. According to the study, "The 20 to 34 age bracket…whic...

With millions of Baby Boomers poised to age out of the workforce, U.S. companies remain unprepared for an imminent talent drain that threatens to alter the national economy, according to a new report by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work at Boston College. Nearly 70 percent of the almost 700 organizations surveyed do not yet know how old their workers are or how many are likely to retire. Forty percent reported that the aging of the workforce will have a detrimental impact on their business...

Until 18 months ago, I had a terrific job with a wonderful nonprofit organization — a position created for me. Like many of my generation, I had turned my skills to the benefit of a worthy cause, seeking to “feed my soul.” The organization made a difference and the role offered genuine satisfaction. I intended to stay there for many years.

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