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The Three Questions That Determine Your Second-Act Success retirement entrepreneurship

A Complete Framework for Professionals 55+

By Curt Roese | Published: February 17, 2025

You've spent 30, maybe 40 years building deep expertise in your field. You've solved complex problems, led teams through challenges, and accumulated wisdom that only comes with experience. Now you're read...

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The Four Foundations You Need Before Chasing Your First Client vlog

You left corporate life with 30 years of valuable expertise. Then you discovered that outside the organizational scaffold, nobody knows you exist. The problem isn't that you lost relevance—it's that the system that made your relevance visible vanished overnight.

Before you jump into tactics like...

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The Four Foundations You Need Before Your First Client retirement entrepreneurship

A Blueprint for 55+ Professionals Transitioning to Consulting

By Curt Roese | Published: February 6, 2026

You spent three decades building expertise everyone valued. Your opinions shaped strategy. Your experience solved problems others couldn't crack. Then you left corporate life and discovered so...

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How to Choose Your Online Course Topic: The 3-Circle Validation Method vlog

The Retirement Entrepreneur's Paradox: Too Much Expertise, Not Enough Clarity

After 30 years of solving expensive problems in your field, you face an unexpected challenge: you don't know too little—you know too much.

You could teach a dozen different topics, but which one will people actually p...

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The 3-Circle Method for Retirement Entrepreneurs retirement entrepreneurship

By Curt Roese | Published: January 17, 2026

You spent three decades building expertise in your field. You know things that people pay consultants hundreds of dollars per hour to learn. And now you're staring at a blank screen, trying to figure out which of your hard-won skills is actually wor...

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How to Write Consulting Proposals That Close Deals Fast After Retirement vlog

You've spent decades building expertise. Now you're channeling that wisdom into your own consulting practice.

But there's a counterintuitive truth about proposals: longer doesn't mean better.

In this explainer video, discover why your comprehensive 15-page proposal is losing to comp

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✍️ About the Author
Curt Roese is a CPA, entrepreneur, real estate broker, and a graduate student in entrepreneurship at the University of Florida. With over 40 years of experience in finance, small business, and real estate, Curt understands the challenges and opportunities that come with embarking on a new chapter after retirement.

He Founded Retirepreneur to help others navigate this transition, offering straightforward tools, honest advice, and practical strategies for launching second-act businesses.

His mission is to empower retirees to live a vibrant, fulfilling, financially secure future!