The Retirepreneur Podcast

The Retirepreneur Podcast

Hosted by: Curt Roese

🌟 Retirepreneur® is where retirement meets reinvention. Founded by Curt Roese, a former CFO who started his entrepreneurial journey at 63, this platform helps adults aged 55 and above create meaningful second acts...

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Episodes

🎙 Escape the Expertise Trap

🎙 How to Reinvent Your Work Without Starting Over Episode Summary What if the skill that built your career is now the very thing holding you back from your best second act? According to AARP research, 53% of...
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The $500 Business Model

🎙️ Building Real Income Without Risking Your Retirement: The $500 Business Model Episode Summary What if the biggest barrier to starting your second-act business isn't your age, lack of ideas, or limited time—but a...
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The Wisdom Advantage

🎙️ The Wisdom Advantage: Why Starting a Business After 60 Gives You the Edge Episode Summary What if the very traits you think disqualify you from entrepreneurship—caution, skepticism, hard-earned scars from past...
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The Power of Learning

🎙️ The Power of Learning Something New in Your Second Act Episode Summary What if the phrase "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" is one of the biggest lies ever told about aging? Recent neuroscience research...
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What Would I Even Do?

🎙️ What Would I Even Do? Turning Your Decades of Experience Into Your Next Business Episode Summary If you've ever asked yourself "What would I even do?" when thinking about your next chapter, you're not alone—and...
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Reivention Formula

🎙️ The Reinvention Formula: Why the Best Entrepreneurs Give Away Their Best Work Episode Summary What if the most counterintuitive business move—giving away your premium content for free—was actually the smartest...
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Smart Validation

Stop Building on Assumptions: Smart Validation for Second-Act Entrepreneurs Episode Summary Here's a sobering statistic that should give every experienced entrepreneur pause: 42% of startups fail because there's...
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From Know-How to Legacy

🎙️ From Know-How to Legacy: Turn Your 40 Years of Experience Into Your Greatest Business Asset Episode Summary Eighty-five percent of valuable workplace knowledge simply walks out the door when people retire. That's...
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Rediscover Your Creative Renaissance

🎙️ The "Before 25" Exercise: Rediscovering Your Creative Renaissance After 55 Episode Summary What if the key to your most fulfilling chapter lies buried in what you loved before life got "serious"? Striking new...
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Experience Beats Youth

🎙️ From Corporate Wisdom to Second-Act Success: Why 55+ Entrepreneurs Have the Ultimate Advantage Episode Summary What if everything you've been told about starting over after 55 is completely wrong? While...
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11,200 Daily Revolution

🎙️ Peak 65: America's Retirement Revolution is Happening Right Now Episode Summary What happens when 11,200 Americans turn 65 every single day for the next three years? You get the biggest demographic shift in...
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Smart Second Acts Start Here

🎙️ Episode Summary What happens when you do everything right—and still lose it all? In this raw and revealing episode, we revisit the financial collapse of 2008 through the eyes of Retirepreneur founder Curt Roese,...
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