The new entrepreneurs: Americans over 50

Entrepreneurship, waning in recent years, is getting a big boost from an unlikely source: older Americans starting companies.

Call them grandma-and-grandpop businesses. New research shows 5.6 million workers age 50 and older are now self-employed, a 23% jump from 1990. The numbers are expected to rise further as baby boomers seek more job security, Americans get older and cheaper technology drives down start-up costs.

By Jim Hopkins, USA TODAY

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