Today Show - Matt Lauer interviews Jean Newell

Sixty-one-year-old Jean Newell is the type of woman NBC’s Matt Lauer refers to as a “Fearless Boomer.” The small business owner from Florida recently sat down with Lauer on The Today Show to share her story of going from a pink slip to a red hot business. Newell, a self-proclaimed “Boomerpreneur”, appeared with Lauer during a Fearless Boomers Starting over segment. She told Lauer she spent 35 years as a real estate agent before the dwindling housing market forced her to look at other career options. She said the idea of starting her own business was “very scary” but she did it out of necessity. “I was a little nervous about trying to find something suitable at my age so I just decided to start my own business,” Newell says. She developed something called the PUP—a unisex wearable organizer. Newell told Lauer her designer bag caught the attention of the nation’s largest shopping home network—QVC—where she was invited to appear and sell them more than 35 times. According to statistics from the Today Show, Newell is among eight million baby boomers who are currently self-employed. As a result of her start-up success, Newell says she has started a campaign to help educate boomers and seniors on what it takes to get started in your own home-based business. Lauer called Newell a success story! About Jean Newell Jean Newell is a Boomerpreneur and owner of Newco Enterprises, LLC, a Marketing and Manufacturing company. She has invented several products and successfully marketed them to QVC. Her product is also featured in the Florida Dillards Department Stores. She is also a popular speaker presenting seminars on “How to Take a Product to Market” and “Marketing Yourself on a Limited Budget.” Jean would love to schedule an interview with you to talk about how to recession proof your bank account. She can be contacted at (321) 751-4537 or 321-480-1574 or at www.newcomarketing.com.