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	<description>Sixth Annual Summit for businesses focusing on baby boomers,social media, marketing, entrepreneurship</description>
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		<title>New Computer For Seniors &#8211; GO Computer</title>
		<link>http://boomersummit.wordpress.com/2009/06/15/new-computer-for-seniors-go-computer-makes-computing-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[firstSTREET, a national catalog, magazine, and online marketing company specializing in products for "Baby Boomers and Beyond," will introduce its designed for Seniors GO Computer™ at this summer's Boomer Venture Summit June 16-17 in Santa Clara, CA. The Summit is an annual crossroads of market opportunity for companies, entrepreneurs and products that focus on the needs, interests and power of the baby boomer-and-older generations. According to firstSTREET CEO Mark Gordon, the designed for Seniors GO Computer™ is to be marketed to "that older, often-more skeptical age group that hasn't quite trusted computers and consequently has missed out on the whole wonderful cyberspace world of information, entertainment, communication and connection." 

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		<title>Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Experts in Marketing to Baby Boomers Convene at Santa Clara University  June 16 – 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs and investors looking to ride the current over-45 demographic wave will convene next week at Santa Clara University for the 2009 Silicon Valley Boomer Venture Summit &#38; Business Plan Competition. The event is sponsored by Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business and strategic business/communications firm Mary Furlong &#38; Associates. 

Among the topics on the program for the two-day event: financing a boomer-focused business; top 10 business-plan mistakes; social marketing to boomers, and lessons from entrepreneurs on marketing strategies, and methods to “scale’’ a business
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		<title>Grandparent Market &#8211; Where the Money is for Marketers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Boomer Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grandparents.  70 million of them in the US.  They buy $2 trillion worth of goods and services annually.  High levels of income and eduction. and they spend alot of money on their grandchildren.  

The new report from grandparents.com takes a comprehensive look at the grandparent market -- who they are, how they spend their money -- and why marketers should pay attention.

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		<title>Are baby boomers ready to look their age?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Changes in the economy bring a change of attitude for many boomers -- about work, money, what's important.  Will it also mean that boomers will be more willing to set aside the flight to youthful looks and look older?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boomersummit.wordpress.com&blog=4733640&post=364&subd=boomersummit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomers in Europe use Social Media</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like US baby boomers, Eurpoean baby boomers are taking to social media tools.  Marketers should take note and begin to build scoial media into their marketing plans.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boomersummit.wordpress.com&blog=4733640&post=359&subd=boomersummit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomer Restaurant Visits Up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The demographics of the restaurant business are changing with the economy.  the kids are staying home: baby boomers are eating out more.  That's according to a recent survey by the NPD Group.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boomersummit.wordpress.com&blog=4733640&post=351&subd=boomersummit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Younger Boomers Helping Drive Twitter Growth</title>
		<link>http://boomersummit.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/younger-boomers-helping-drive-twitter-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Marketing Strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have we finally broken the cylce of early technology adoption always begins with the younger generation? The latest Comscore numbers show strong use of Twitter by younger boomers.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=boomersummit.wordpress.com&blog=4733640&post=340&subd=boomersummit&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baby Boomer RV Dreams Keep Industry Optimistic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent drive through the Midwest took me past large parking lots of Rvs waiting for a buyer. It's a sign of the economy but also of  retirement dreams delayed for baby boomers ready to stop working and pack up the RV and head out on the road.

A recent article on RV sales indicates the industry is till optimistic that boomers will be back on the road in new RVs.  Sales are down now -- 79% at some dealers year over year, but the number of boomers heading toward retirement remains promising.

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		<title>Aging at Home Gets Push from GE and Intel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Any doubt that technology that helps you age at home should be brushed aside with the annoucnement  that Intel and GE are joining forces on home health care. Clearly the aging of the baby boom population is getting the attention of big companies and big dollars.  GE and Intel are joining forces to develop devices that help your doctor monitor the health of elderly and chronically ill patients at home.  The companies are putting more than $250 million behind research and marketing.

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		<title>SilverRide Wins ASA Business of the Year Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SilverRide, LLC, a San Francisco-based company providing transportation, companionship and social events for seniors, won the American Society on Aging (ASA) 2009 Business of the Year award. Each year, ASA recognizes one small business for its originality, innovation, and effectiveness in meeting the needs of seniors. SilverRide was selected as the national winner in the small company category for its exemplary program and services that meet the needs of older adults and their families. 

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