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Webinar Hosted by New Ventures Maine: Work for Yourself 50+

 

Thursday, Feb 18, 2021

From 6:30pm to 8pm Eastern Time

 

Webinar hosted by New Ventures Maine

Online

Contact: Karleen Andrews

Email: karleen.andrews@maine.edu

 

Work for Yourself@50+ is a webinar to help you gain the knowledge, support, and resources you need to make informed decisions about working for yourself and take the right first steps toward successful self-employment. The decision to start your own business can be both exciting and daunting. Work for Yourself@50+ breaks the choices down for older adults in an approachable way through five steps: 1. A careful consideration of the potential benefits and risks of working for yourself 2. Exercises to help develop the self-employment idea 3. A realistic overview of what it takes to pursue a self-employment opportunity 4. Guidance to help avoid pitfalls and scams 5. Ways to find trustworthy support and services This is an online webinar. In order to access the webinar, you will need to use either a computer, tablet for smartphone.