Back to School – for Entrepreneurs
Covid-19 greatly accelerated retirees’ moves to return to work and try entrepreneurship…only to find they need to add to their ‘toolbox” with adult education.
“The pandemic forced more than two million premature retirements, but many of those retirees are now returning to work,” said the Joblist second quarter 2022 jobs report. That report said 27% of retired job seekers are re-entering the workforce for financial reasons, but the majority are primarily “looking for something to do.”
Rodney Brooks
An award-winning journalist, writer and author and my specialty is retirement planning and other personal finance issues. I have written for many national publications, including USA TODAY, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, AARP and National Geographic. I am available to speak on personal finance, financial literacy and the racial wealth gap.
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The author tells the history of the Freedman’s Savings Bank, how it grew much too quickly, why it failed and the impact on Black America. The Freedman’s Bank offered a safe depository for formerly enslaved people, expanded quickly and gained millions in deposits – mostly ranging from $5 to $50. But inexperience and corruption doomed it to failure, costing may of the small depositors their savings.
