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The Demographics Of New Venture Founders Are Changing

Startup Professionals Musings

83 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers is now catching up with the other age groups, reaching nearly 90 percent across the board.

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Baby Boomers May Be Your Biggest Startup Competitors

Startup Professionals Musings

65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board.

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10 Ways Tech Entrepreneurs Can Make the Most of the Holidays

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4 Use social media. As with email, social media is a practical way to keep your target customers informed of sales throughout the duration of the holidays. Social media giveaways and contests can draw a lot of new attention from potential buyers — particularly among more tech-savvy audiences.

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Encore Entrepreneur Is The New Baby Boomer Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

65 percent of online users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board.

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Test Your Aptitude for Business Internet Jargon

Startup Professionals Musings

Social media marketing. Today there are huge communities online, like Facebook and Twitter, which grew in popularity for socializing with friends. Wikipedia started this, but it is also used for technical support, software, and product reviews. You are now reading one of about 50 million out there already.

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The social Web in 2010: The emerging standards and technologies to watch

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The emergence of Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of the social Web as a global force in the last several years has done a great deal to highlight their potential to fundamentally alter the way we communicate and collaborate both at home and in business. Disconnects between older and newer generations of social media.

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Baby Boomers Are Surpassing Gen-Y As Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Six out of 10 Internet users aged 50-64 use social media now, and the growth rate continues to increase. Social networking penetration by Boomers has now caught up with the other age groups, reaching about 80% across the board.