Baby boomer businesses!

[Dien Rice]

Hi,

What kind of businesses are baby boomers interested in starting? Are there certain types of businesses, do you think, which boomers are more interested in than others?

Thanks for any feedback!

Cheers,

Dien

Kind of worked my way backwards by asking myself what businesses baby boomers WON'T likely start. Then by theory anything not on that list is open game.

Also I don't what "baby boomer" means. Aren't they just middle aged people?

So isn't the question what kinds of businesses are middle aged people more likely to open?

And maybe break down two different lists: Blue Collar middle age and White Collar middle age.

Anyway my stream of thought short list so far:

Plumbing
Convenience stores
Pest Control
Used Car Sales
Roofing


And so by my own definition this might be an non-business list for white collar folk.

Then I might takeaway a general theme from this exercise as
WCBB's might tend to start a business with some suggestion of cool factor without a blue collar tag to it.

Number one on the list from a stream of thought
process like this might be....

Trendy Restaurants


They can sound cool and hip to start with a non blue collar tag to them.

Dien,

In case you haven't bookmarked or added to your swipe file...

A very Cool Boomer concept I've posted in other Boomer threads...
http://www.wahboom.com/

If you follow...

SITES WORTH EYEBALLING...

Down the right hand side...

You'll be able to Read through all kinds of interesting Boomer web sites, ideas, keywords etc...

Especially throughout the Baby Boomer Social Networking sites...

Excellent resources to Use to Communicate with Baby Boomers and ask Questions...

And Find out what Specialized products & business interests are in demand...

Just like the Gmail idea... Keep an Eye on the Advertisers...

Reading through the http://www.wahboom.com/ Job database is a Great Brainstorming lesson and full of Money making ideas...

Phil