[ICCtheWay]

Yes - and Good For You... We should all start our own business... sometimes is it difficult - and sometimes it works.

If you are out of work and over age 50 - I strongly suggest finding a way to start a business - perhaps something you have wanted to do most of your life - but didn’t... We need innovation.

Think it through - do the research... Nothing like being your own boss.

[MARTIAL MONK]

I was my own boss but I fired that SOB.

[LiveFree99]

I have a friend/former co-worker, age 59, whose wife tried to start a small business. Didn't work out and they were digging themselves out of their debt when he got sh*t-canned on a Thursday last September with no warning. It wasn't that he wasn't doing his job or didn't have work to do; Corporate just decided to cut a million out of their budget and he was a target. Last I heard from him he was still unemployed but being very upbeat. He was a recruiter/HR type, so obviously there aren't a lot of jobs out there for him.

BTW, I work with an 80-year-old who still works even though he could comfortably retire. We have special technical skills that are typically in demand, particularly by defense firms. I'm taking grad courses, on my company's dime, of course, to expand my knowledge and make me even more versatile in the job market when I start looking around for another position.