Success Stories

Forbes Magazine features this article in their June 7, 2019 edition. Read on..

Do you love gardening and want to make money from this passion? Meet Mr. Mike McCroarty, who educates growers and has a backyard nursery.

A home-based business allows the best of both worlds: earning revenue and being at home. Kelly Lester’s desire to solve her problem of efficiently packing healthy lunches for her children evolved into a million dollar success story. Read how she began and runs Easy Lunch Boxes from home.

Need some inspiration? Read these success stories written by Gwen Moran and published in Next Avenue.

In the midst of aridity and disenchantment, there are opportunities that bloom into great successes. A recent article in foxbusiness.com featured some of these stories..

This is not the first time that business has been faced with overwhelming challenges. American workers took a hard hit after the 2008 recession, but a wave of new startups emerged from the financial downturn. Several of those went on to become very popular.

The month of March has been designated Women’s History Month. Please read these inspiring stories about women who dared to pursue their dreams. This was first published in the Washington Post.

This week’s success story was featured in 3rd Act Magazine. Click here to find out how a retired professor turned his passion into a photography Success!

This is not a how-to column for women over 50 who want to start their own businesses, but rather a “why not?” one. We hear a lot about sexism against businesswomen and a lack of venture capital for women-owned enterprises. But based on my reporting talking to entrepreneurship experts and women business owners, I’d say the deck isn’t stacked against women over 50 hoping to launch businesses.

Duncan Hines is a household name, with boxed cakes and other products available in every store. Did you know that he opened his business at age 55, and licensed the right to use his name on the famous Duncan Hines products at age 73? Watch this video...