Kickstart Your Business @50+ with Solene Oudet and Blissen #310
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Description:
In this episode, I am speaking with Sol\\xe8ne Oudet from Blisson.io and she runs the
Kickstart Your Business at 50+ bootcamp. I learned about what Sol\\xe8ne was doing from Vicki Soll, who is a former community member and was on the podcast in Episode 260. Vicki is now one of Sol\\xe8ne\\u2019s instructional designers and instructors.
Sol\\xe8ne Oudet is one of several people I have found that are running entrepreneurial bootcamps for the 50+ audience around the US. As you will hear some of these are coaching or consulting businesses, others are brick and mortar restaurants, others are building online market places and a lot more.
Sol\\xe8ne is a fascinating person with a fascinating background. Let me read you her bio:
Sol\\xe8ne is the founder of Blissen, a social enterprise on a mission to help older adults (50+), especially women and people of color, find economic independence and purpose through entrepreneurship.
Their flagship program, Kickstart Your Business @50+, is a 10-week cohort-based training program that guides participants through the steps of launching a viable business. Currently funded by San Francisco\'s Office of Economic & Workforce Development, their program helped 67 older adults launch their own small business last year.
Before Blissen, Sol\\xe8ne worked for 8+ years in the tech industry as a product manager at Google and co-founder of a B2B startup backed by Y Combinator. She recently decided to make a career change to tackle a societal challenge she deeply cares about: financial insecurity and social isolation among older adults.
I think you will find that Sol\\xe8ne has a heart of gold and is working to make the world a better place.
This episode is sponsored by Career Pivot. Check out the\\xa0Career Pivot Community,\\xa0and be sure to pick up my latest book,\\xa0Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life\\xa0Third Edition.