Startup50plus.com is the world's first business accelerator where one founder must be age 50 plus. News coverage calls it the YCombinator for seasoned execs and managers. See also preview of www.startup50plustv.com aimed at news and views for entrepreneurs age 50 plus and their partners, investors, clients and founders.
Startup50plus.com Draft Deck Business Accelerator Joyce Schwarz Founder
1. STARTUP50PLUS.com
The world’s first and only start-up business accelerator and Center for
Recareering for the 79 million Baby Boomers , their co-founders, funders
and partners. Demonstrating that cross-generational workplaces are the
best way to fuel the future of small business.
2. STARTUP50PLUS.com
IS Already ENDORSED BY:
More than 20 partners and associations including: Pacific Rim Institute,
Natl Assn of Self Employed, National Assn Female Executives. American
Intl Chamber of Commerce etc They will a) provide awareness b)be
affiliates to sell memberships c) support programs like Startup School,
Angel Flight School, Startup50plus.com conference & more In total they
represent more than 1.5 million names of entrepreneurs.
3. BOARD OF ADVISORS
FEATURES THESE VIP’s
Tami Goertz, Donald Trump’s APPRENTICE TV SHOW
finalist
Aras Baskaskas, WINNER $1M CBS SURVIVOR TV SHOW
Glen Ward, past president Virgin America MegaStores
pending final agreement
Mark Chasen, founder emusic.com
Lynda Davies, former head of Retail for Solomon
Brothers.
Archie Thornton, Former President, Travel & Tourism
Division Ogilvy & Mather
Holmes Stoner, founder and President Pacific Rim Chamber in
LA, Shanghai, Beijing etc.
4. STARTUP50Plus.com Income
Generators: Profitable in 6 mos.
Take percentage of companies who want to be involved.
Membership fee for individuals and SMB companies who
want to learn, support and participate in state-of the-art 21st
C. company creation and benefit by the latest research.
(there will be a sliding scale like a Chamber of Commerce
with special fees for students, solo entrepreneurs, early
stage companies and trade organizations.
Corporate Partners/sponsors/grants including vendors
aiming at the SMB crowd and the top 50 companies who are
nurturing our next generation of startups in USA and
abroad.
STARTUP SCHOOL – 90 days to jumpstart your
knowledge: enrollment fee for founders and those who are
re-careering to see what a startup is all about. Plus a
special “family and spouse 6 week program to
support the founders”.
5. Startup50plus Conference & LIVE
transmission worldwide.
Startup50plus.com conference featuring:
Jack Canfield CEO Chicken Soup for the Soul
Enterprises.
Tami Goertz – Apprentice
Aras Baskaskas – SURVIVOR
Amy Sunderland – ‘round world sailor at age 15
FUNDERS and other accelerators working with
boomers and founders age 50+
Bankers, investment brokers, angel investors, VIP
Brands like Intel and Samsung will all be represented
along with SPONSOR OF CHOICE who will host
segments of the event.
6. More services/income generators
for Startup50plus.com
STARTUP50PLUS THE INTERNET TV SERIES – yes we are going to do a 12
week INTERNET TV series interviewing successful STARTUP FOUNDERS and
CELEBRITY business owners over age 50 ranging from Cheryl Tiegs
beauty/fitness owner to Jack Canfield, President of CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE
SOUL enterprises and co-author of the CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL
blockbuster series. SPONSOR will be featured prominently on the series in
3 one minute spots during the ½ hour shoes.
Startup50plus CD interview series and monthly podcasts subscription and
pay per use download on iTunes and Amazon – all displaying sponsor logo
and 5 minute promo from sponsor .
TELECOURSE:partner with Udemy,com –12 week series– HOW TO DO A
STARTUP AT ANY AGE : even 50+ also partner with community colleges
and other accelerators and CDCs and our group partners to preview and
promote it.
BOOK – HOW TO DO A STARTUP AT ANY AGE –even age 50+ major
publisher
WORKBOOK and STARTUP HOME STUDY KIT available on Amazon and tie
in with partners.
7. STARTUP50PLUS.com
MORE INFO:
Accelerating growth of startup companies where at
least one co-founder is over age 50 Note companies do not
have to target the boomer market at all.
Startup50plus has been called a “YCOMBINATOR for
the 50 plus crowd”. See: www.ycombinator.com if
you don’t know how successful they’ve been in
Northern California in launching new companies with
Generation Y
STARTUP50PLUS.com –is delving into creating a
cross-generational workplace that proves that that
peach fuzz and gray hairs do mix!
8. Less than one percent of VC money
goes to founders 46 plus in age!
9. Can 50+ crowd cut it?
54 percent of self-employed workers are
Boomer-or-older entrepreneurs.
-- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Businesses that are started by people
in their fifties have double the chance
of surviving the first three and a half
years than those started by people in their
twenties.
- NatWest Bank
10. THE STATS SHOW DEMAND!
Research shows that older generations are
already turning to entrepreneurship at
a fast pace.
The Kauffman Foundation, for
example, says that rates of
entrepreneurship are 50% higher for
people between 55 and 64 than people
between 20 and 34. And rates of
entrepreneurship among people ages 55
and 64 have generally been trending up
11. Next steps: Additional Business
Opportunities for Startup50plus
Provide and sell Startup Coach training—there is no
certification for startup coaches in the USA or worldwide
now.
Startup50plus.com franchise in 10 major cities for
business coaching services and products for 50 plus crowd
STARTUP50plus.com university – onsite for 6 weeks
plus at-home/office video and home study kits.
STARTUP50Plus.com On-demand cable TV syndication on
Comcast TV
STARTUP50plus.com video programming on Lodgenet,
hotels and university TV channels.
STARTUP50plus RADIO SHOW online and open to to
syndication on cable and satellite radio –for on-demand
listening on iTunes and on airplanes.
STARTUP50Plus Outplacement services aimed at
companies who offer early buyouts for employees 50 plus.
12. Competition?
There is no other accelerator dedicated to age 50+ BUT
there are hundreds of successful startups by
entrepreneurs age 50+ including famous role models
like Richard Branson, Virgin.
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE –Board, Joyce Schwarz has a proven start-up
consulting for 75 early stage venture funded companies ranging from
emusic.com to Primesense.com (guts of Xbox kinect “You are the
controller”
Current mailing list = 1.5 million co-op names from more than 20
partners.
Sponsorship experience – Joyce has personally raised more than
$20 Million in corporate sponsorship for her clients.
Joyce Schwarz the founder is a recognized leader in the 50 plus
and changing careers space and bestselling author. Plus Joyce has
trained more than 125 coaches worldwide in the areas of recareering
and business advising. She is the author of 7 books including:
SUCCESSFUL RECAREERING, when just another job is not enough.
13. Startup50plus is seeking seed funding
to launch revenue generating projects:
Seeking $250,000 to be used for:
**Launching Startup School (virtual)online in
conjunction with partners and Udemy.com
***Create a video series and online TV show
aimed at how to do a startup at any age – even
over age 50
****Book, workbook and Startup Kit
development
***Select 5-10 Startups with proof of concept to
fund for marketing and go-to-market strategy and
partnershps = $25K each.
14. Path to profitability income
streams
Profitable in first 6 months.
Ongoing income generation
Percentage of startups accellerated
Startup School fees
Angel Flight school fees
Startup50plus book, kit and video series
Startup50plus.com membership (like
Chamber of Commerce
Startup50plus.com consulting/coaching
15. Why Joyce Schwarz as director?
Joyce brings to Startup50plus.com veteran award winning experience in
the areas of advertising, marketing, PR, business development, retail,
mobile, emerging entertainment, retail, tourism & more. As a former
senior exec and Vice President for such major advertising agencies as Ogilvy and
Foote Cone she has handled more than $175 million in budgets for her clients
including Revlon, Sheraton, Clorox, Shasta, Kraft, Citibank, Sunkist & others.
Schwarz has serves as an advisor for more than 75 early venture funded
startups ranging from emusic.com to Primesense.com (the guts of the XBOX
kinect) setting up proof of concepts, arranging partnerships with Microsoft, Intel,
Sun etc and consulting on go-to-market strategy and plans for the companies
directly or for their agencies.
BRANDS: She’s brought more than 50 major brand name products to
market including first of its kind category such as: Shasta’s Capri Sun in
foil package AOL’s Greenhouse LOVED @AOL and Motley Fools, Ralph’s Missing
Kids on the Milk Carton campaign, Leapfrog touchscreen toys, Hasbro Monopoly
Online, Kodak experimental projects. Revlon Mineral makeup etc.
16. Joyce Career Books & classes
Joyce is the founder for the Center for Successful Recareering
and since 1986 has maintained a private career practice consulting with
Hollywood producers, screenwriters and many of the early leaders in
digital media on how to transfer into the “NEW HOLLYWOOD”. Through
LIVE Star*Course classes she’s worked with more than 5000 people
personally.
***books – she is the author of 7 books including the
bestselling SUCCESSFUL RECAREERING book which has led her to
be featured on NBC, NPR, Fox News, Wall St. Journal, MONEY, TIME
etc. Her most recent book THE VISION BOARD has sold 75,000 +
copies and was the top inspirational book on Amazon for 26 weeks.
***coach training – Joyce has certified more than 175 coaches
around the globe in her Recareering and Visioning strategy training.
From mainland China to South Africa and across the USA and Canada
***speaker – Joyce is a popular keynote speaker for such major
firms as Boeing, AT&T, Avon, Nortel & more.
17. More specifics about Joyce’s
brand and vertical experience:
TECH: Mobile, Telecom, EMERGING MEDIA AT&T,
Philips, Hasbro Interactive, Hollywood Network, emusic.com, ITC France, France
Telecom, Iridium, Webchoice TV, ITV/Hypertouch Corp., DISC Corp (PC/TV),
Homedelivery.com, Ifnet.com, Democrats.com, Youpowered, ASD Systems.com,
Moms Online, Parenting 101, Hollywood Galaxy.com, Amicada, Jones Digital
Century, Eveo, Johnson & Johnson, Digital Domicile, TechImage, Enfish,
Woodstock.com,Rpost, Clorox Labs, MyDestinations.net,
CONSUMER: fashion,retail, travel, Revlon, Sheraton, AT&T,
PacBell, Shasta, CLorox, Hawaii, Harrahs, American Airlines,
Continental Airlines, British Airlines, Reynolds Aluminum, Bank
of Hawaii, Visitor Industry Education Council, Business
Communications Council, Government of Brazil, State of
Alaska, Camp Colorado, Hawaii Visitor's Bureau, Australian
Trade Commission, Campbells, Aloha Airlines, Girl Scouts of
America, Rotary Intl., Boy Scouts of America
18. JOYCE AUTHOR, BUSINESS MOTIVATIONAL
SPEAKER AND BUSINESS BROKER & Ad Expert
As seen on more than 100 TV and
radio shows. Featured in the Wall
Street Journal and more than 200
other publications:
19. STARTUP 50+ Press & Social Media
CBS news http://tinyurl.com/startup50plusradio
Twitter:@startup50plus https://twitter.com/startup50plus
The latest Tweets from Startup50plus (@startup50plus).
World's only business accelerator where one founder is age
50+
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Startup50plus
CHEEZBURGER: startup50plus.cheezburger.com/
www.crunchbase.com/organization/startup50plus
https://angel.co/startup50plus
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21. What does an accelerator do?
Accelerates startup companies from idea to
reality.
Startup.com will demand “proof of concept”for consideration as an
accepted accelerator company. Otherwise they must go to OUR STARTUP
SCHOOL to be accepted and create their proof of concept & business model
during the 12 week START UP SCHOOL HANDS-ON program.
TURNKEY: Executive and staff services:
Startup50plus.com will match boomers with
younger serial entrepreneurs and veteran startup
staffers (of any age).On request Startup50plus.com
will provide through a preferred vendor of choice
full HR services.
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