Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs: Eight Principles for Starting a Business After Age 40

A one-time flight attendant founds a cybersecurity business. A yoga instructor opens an organic mattress company. A former steel industry executive forms a limousine service. A retired nurse creates an international golf clothing line.


Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs introduces these and other contemporary entrepreneurs who started prosperous businesses in their 40s, 50s and later. Just about all of them say they wouldn’t have succeeded if they had started their companies when they were younger. 


Author Lynne Strang reveals eight simple-but-effective principles these late bloomers used to launch and build profitable businesses. Along the way, you’ll find:


• Valuable insights on managing risk, retirement, family responsibilities, relationships, health and other potential obstacles that can worry aspiring older entrepreneurs

• Uplifting stories about everyday people who took a big leap and reinvented themselves

• Ten action steps at the end of each chapter to make the principles work for you and your business idea


This easy-to-read book shows why the second half of life can be the right time to start a business. It will deliver a healthy dose of inspiration and leave you with a belief that you’re never too old to fulfill a dream.