The Four Foundations You Need Before Chasing Your First Client

vlog Feb 12, 2026

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 building websites or chasing clients, you need to address four foundational challenges: rebuilding your emotional compass when corporate validation disappears, closing the skills gap with modern tools, translating your identity without corporate validators, and creating strategic visibility that leverages your pattern recognition advantage.

This video walks you through each foundation with practical frameworks you can implement immediately. Watch now to build the support system your independent business needs to thrive.

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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!