Suddenly the Tech World Loves People Over 50
The AgePower Tech Search, which will take submissions until October 31st, was recently featured in this article at PBS' NextAvenue.org and Forbes. (Dig NextAvenue's tagline: Where Grown-Ups Keep Growing)
Honoring Centenarians Muriel and Tillie at Union Central
Muriel Swenson (picture on the left) was the first resident at Union Central Senior Living, an Ecumen managed community in Detroit Lakes, when it opened in 2010. She is also the oldest at 101. But not by much. Tillie Dybing (right), who lives down the hall, just turned 100.
Muriel and Tillie had birthdays a week apart in August. Both had very special birthday parties, with family coming in from all over the country to celebrate.
Both women are active and live independently and frequently socialize with each other at Union Central.
Muriel and her now-deceased husband of 75 years, ran a dairy farm near Hawley and raised two children.
Tillie grew up in a sod house in Manford, N.D., and later lived in Harvey. She spent most of her adult life in Minot, where she and her husband raised two children. Tillie worked a Bader’s Department Store in Minot for 27 years.
We honor centenarians Muriel Swenson and Tillie Dybing.
Inc.com: AgePower and the Quest to Help Boomers Age Gracefully
Last week, Inc. magazine reporter Will Yakowicz highlighted The AgePower Tech Search and the quest MOJO Minnesota and Ecumen have begun to find technology that helps Boomers age gracefully. Read more on Inc.com: "AgePower and the Quest to Help Boomers Age Gracefully"
AgePower’s intent is to locate, reward and help launch new technologies (high-tech and low-tech) that have a positive, near-term impact on the aging experience. It’s being launched from Minnesota, an epicenter for innovation in healthcare, social innovation, technology and other essential areas to our global future. Four finalists will gain a real-life test environment for their technology and access to experts in key areas necessary to fueling a successful venture. For more information, visit www.agepower.org.
Ecumen, the most innovative leader of senior housing and services, empowers individuals to live richer and fuller lives. A non-profit that has served for more than 150 years, Ecumen envisions a world in which aging is viewed in radically different ways.
MOJO Minnesota is an innovation co-operative comprised of like-minded business leaders working to fuel entrepreneurship and reignite Minnesota’s culture of innovation. They are business advisors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, angel investors and attorneys passionate about creating jobs and economic growth through the power of Minnesota based technology companies.
KARE 11: Technology contest seeks ideas to help aging population
MOJO Minnesota's Ernest Grumbles and Ecumen's Eric Schubert joined KARE 11 News at 4 on Tuesday, August 20, to encourage tech entrepreneurs to enter The AgePower Tech Search. Read the story on KARE 11's website.
AgePower’s intent is to locate, reward and help launch new technologies (high-tech and low-tech) that have a positive, near-term impact on the aging experience. It’s being launched from Minnesota, an epicenter for innovation in healthcare, social innovation, technology and other essential areas to our global future. Four finalists will gain a real-life test environment for their technology and access to experts in key areas necessary to fueling a successful venture. For more information, visit www.agepower.org.
Venture Beat: "New Minnesota Startup Program Supports 'Overlooked' Aging Population
The AgePower Tech Search continues to gain momentum. VentureBeat published the article, "New Minnesota Startup Program Supports 'Overlooked' Aging Population," last week. (Follow the headline link to read the article.)
AgePower’s intent is to locate, reward and help launch new technologies (high-tech and low-tech) that have a positive, near-term impact on the aging experience. It’s being launched from Minnesota, an epicenter for innovation in healthcare, social innovation, technology and other essential areas to our global future. Four finalists will gain a real-life test environment for their technology and access to experts in key areas necessary to fueling a successful venture. For more information, visit www.agepower.org.
VentureBeat covers disruptive technology and explains why it matters in our lives. Led by founder and editor-in-chief Matt Marshall and a team of experienced journalists, they're a leading publication for news and perspective on the most innovative technologies.
Global Aging Presents Opportunity: How to Make Aging a Minnesota Innovation Advantage
The AgePower Tech Search was featured in a recent StarTribune Business article, "Global Aging Presents Opportunity: How to Make Aging a Minnesota Innovation Advantage," co-authored by Ernest Grumbles and Eric Schubert. Grumbles is co-founder of MOJO Minnesota, a cooperative working to boost entrepreneurship and Minnesota's cultuer of innovation. Schubert is vice president of communications and public affairs for Ecumen, a nonprofit senior housing and services company.
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It’s called the Silver Tsunami, Agequake, Longevity Economy and Age Wave. But no matter the moniker, unprecedented global aging is a wide-open door for innovation, and Minnesota is uniquely positioned to forge partnerships that deliver it.
We’re all aging consumers. Local companies such as Healthsense and Anser Innovation are inventing in this space, but nearly every business works in aging, even if they don’t yet know it. The world’s only growing demographic is people 60-plus. And in the United States, the 60-plus cohort is the fastest growing. Read more on the Star Tribune website...
Ecumen and MOJO Minnesota Launch AgePower Tech Search
AgePower’s intent is to locate, reward and help launch new high- and low-tech technology and innovation that have a positive, near-term impact on the aging experience.