We recently stumbled on this great sign at Funders and Founders, a website of infographics about entrepreneurship.
We are startup evangelists and infographic authors. Our mission is to inspire everyone from engineers to moms to do a startup.
YES! We are great believers that “it’s NEVER too late to start”, the key word being START. When people hear the word entrepreneur, they usually think MONEY…as in startup to make $$$$$$$. But entrepreneurs can have a variety of goals, way beyond the making of money. The word entrepreneur comes from the French means “one who undertakes”. We know lots of people doing that:
Julie Saltman, the ninety something, who undertook to create a system of inexpensive transportation for seniors aging in place in car-centric no-public-transportation suburban communities…
Ellen Silverman went to Cuba to photograph, not knowing what she would find. She’s made a wonderful body of work about Cuban Kitchens that is about to published as a cookbook, AND has gone to graduate school to learn video…
David Saltman decided to write a historical novel about Harry Houdini. The research he’s done has been so rigorous and original that the Library of Congress asked him to become their Houdini consultant…
Entrepeneurs — ones who undertake —are all over the place.
Starting something at a late age may not allow for complete mastery or public success (though it often might). But for sure it can lead to satisfaction and illumination.
Funders and Founders has a trove of infographics that help you think like an entrepreneur. We especially like The Mind Subway:
OK, technically she’s not an entrepreneur, but this article I just saw on Grandma Gatewood seems relevant: http://sectionhiker.com/the-real-grandma-gatewood/
For those not in the know: at age 67, Gatewood completed the 5th ever through-hiking of the Appalachian Trail. Quite a feat at any age!