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By Curt Roese, Published February 24, 2026
You spent three months building the perfect consulting package. The pricing is dialed in. The messaging is polished. You launch and nobody buys.
This scenario plays out constantly for experienced professionals entering the consulting and coaching wo...
Most professionals 55+ launching a consulting or coaching practice spend months building before they ever ask a single potential client what they actually need. The result is a polished offer that lands in silence. This short video breaks down exactly why that happens and what to do instead.
The...
You've spent decades building expertise, solving complex problems, and leading teams. Now you're ready for your second act, but the path forward feels overwhelming. Should you start an LLC? Build a website? Choose a course platform? These are the wrong first questions.
Most experienced professio...
A Complete Framework for Professionals 55+
By Curt Roese | Published: February 17, 2025
You've spent 30, maybe 40 years building deep expertise in your field. You've solved complex problems, led teams through challenges, and accumulated wisdom that only comes with experience. Now you're read...
You left corporate life with 30 years of valuable expertise. Then you discovered that outside the organizational scaffold, nobody knows you exist. The problem isn't that you lost relevance—it's that the system that made your relevance visible vanished overnight.
Before you jump into tactics like...
A Blueprint for 55+ Professionals Transitioning to Consulting
By Curt Roese | Published: February 6, 2026
You spent three decades building expertise everyone valued. Your opinions shaped strategy. Your experience solved problems others couldn't crack. Then you left corporate life and discovered so...
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✍️ About the Author
Curt Roese is a CPA, entrepreneur, real estate broker, and a graduate student in entrepreneurship at the University of Florida. With over 40 years of experience in finance, small business, and real estate, Curt understands the challenges and opportunities that come with embarking on a new chapter after retirement.
He Founded Retirepreneur to help others navigate this transition, offering straightforward tools, honest advice, and practical strategies for launching second-act businesses.
His mission is to empower retirees to live a vibrant, fulfilling, financially secure future!
