{"id":569,"date":"2012-04-10T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T13:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2012-04-29T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-04-29T21:18:45","slug":"names-you-need-to-know-in-2011-marc-freedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"NAMES YOU NEED TO KNOW IN 2011: MARC FREEDMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This post is part of an ambitious project to crowd-source the January issue of Forbes Magazine.\u00a0 The goal is to find the companies, people, places and ideas that should be on people\u2019s radar next year. You can submit your own ideas at\u00a0\u201cNames You Need to Know in 2011.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0The best will run in the magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m tossing Marc Freedman\u2019s name into the ring. Freedman is one of the most inspiring guys I\u2019ve ever met. If you\u2019re a boomer wondering what to do when you retire, he\u2019s your champion.<\/p>\n

At\u00a052, Freedman, the founder and CEO of\u00a0Civic Ventures<\/span><\/span><\/a>, a San Francisco\u00a0nonprofit think tank focused on boomers, work and social purpose, is the nation\u2019s leading authority on encore careers for the baby boomer generation. \u201cVery few people start a second career purely for the money,\u201d Freedman says. \u201cThey\u2019re searching for work that is fulfilling and gets them out of bed in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Civic Venture’s Marc Freedman: Innovation has no age limit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He knows that innovation has no age limit. He\u2019s a humble man who exudes quiet hope for an aging nation, where a full quarter of the population will soon be over 60.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaby boomers are entering a period of their lives between midlife and the onset of true old age,\u201d Freedman says. \u201cFor most, this period will not only be a new stage of life, but also of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of his mottos:<\/p>\n