Connie Inukai | SpeakerHub

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Bio

As a serial “Grandmapreneur®”, Inukai speaks to retirees or soon-to-be retirees on the benefits of pursuing entrepreneurship in retirement.

Retired from teaching Technical Writing at the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University for four decades, Connie Inukai became an award-winning inventor at the age of 68.

Author of "How I got My Product on QVC, The Today Show, The View, and More...In Retirement", helping inventors generate free publicity for their products.

Author of “Retirement: Dream Big, Take Action, Make Money. 10 Amazing Second-Act Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories.”

Creator of Write Your Selfie®, inspiring people to write their life stories in a fun and easy-to-read format.

Featured in Entrepreneur magazine, “6 Reasons to Pursue Entrepreneurship in Retirement,” Connie encourages Baby Boomers to have an active retirement through business or social entrepreneurship.

Because…

Passion has No Expiration Date!

Current position (1)

Founder

Grandmapreneur

Degrees (1)

Columbia University

1973 to 1974

Presentations

Presentations (1)

6 Reasons to Pursue Your Passion in Retirement

Have you ever put your dreams on hold for some day? Have you thought what are you going to
do when you retire? How are you going to keep a good life style and enjoy your second-act?
Connie Inukai, TEDx speaker , says that “Retirement is the perfect time to live out the
dreams you may have put on hold for ‘Some Day’.” Connie Inukai is a serial Grandmapreneur, inventor, author, and a speaker. She became an award-winning inventor at the age of 68 with her Tip N Split calculating device. A few years later she created “Write Your Selfie” – 6 easy steps to write your life story in pictures and captions and pass it on to the next generations in your family. Not everything is about money and savings for the second-act life. Connie encourages the Baby Boomer generation and those who think about retirement to rethink and have an active and social life through entrepreneurship. Because… Passion has No Expiration Date!

Past talks (1)

Tips on Being an Inventor

USPTO

Washington DC

May 12, 2023