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The Retirement Entrepreneur's Paradox: Too Much Expertise, Not Enough Clarity

After 30 years of solving expensive problems in your field, you face an unexpected challenge: you don't know too little—you know too much.

You could teach a dozen different topics, but which one will people actually p...

By Curt Roese | Published: January 17, 2026

You spent three decades building expertise in your field. You know things that people pay consultants hundreds of dollars per hour to learn. And now you're staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out which of your hard-won skills is actually wor...

By Curt Roese | Published: January 27, 2025

You spent three decades building expertise. You know your field inside and out. But when it comes to landing consulting clients, you're competing against professionals who understand something you might have missed: the best proposals aren't the lon...

The Complete 2026 Guide to Your Second-Act Business

By Curt Roese, CPA | Published: January 22, 2026

Fifty-two point three percent of U.S. businesses are now owned by people 55 and older—and that number is growing faster than any other age group. If you thought retirement meant slowing down,...

Most professionals over 55 make the same costly mistake when launching their consulting practice: they divide their old salary by 2,080 hours and call it their rate.

That formula ignores the invisible paycheck (benefits worth 30-40% of salary), the reality of billable hours (you'll bill 1,000-1,...