Older entrepreneurs utilize experience in new ventures.
Hank Wisniewski was in his middle 50s when he was downsized from his position at a large telecommunications company. Finding himself without a job and with a family to support, Wisniewski considered his options, one of which was finding other telecommunications work. Another was going into business for himself. ‘My background was working in product development, and I worked for a senior vice president, and he had an interesting tact - he basically said, for whatever product, you’re the go-to guy for that. I expect you to answer all the questions; everything from soup-to-nuts, marketing, auto-processing, provisioning, implementation; the whole nine yards, so I had a broad-spectrum view of dealing in a business segment,’ Wisniewski said. ‘And I always kind of wanted to run my own show, anyway.’
Realizing the complexity involved in starting a new business, he researched franchising opportunities and 1 1/2 years ago bought a Kitchen Tune-Up home improvement franchise with his 28-year-old son, Michael, who’d expressed an interest in working with his father. Get their whole story here.
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