WhatA coaching and matching platform that helps people retiring from careers build a portfolio of purposeful activities — volunteering, part-time consulting, social clubs, complex hobbies — before they leave work, not after.
SignalMultiple commenters share vivid personal stories of parents and grandparents who declined rapidly after stopping work, with a strong consensus that the key factor is not employment itself but having structured engagement and purpose — and that most people fail because they retire FROM something rather than TO something.
Why NowPost-COVID normalization of remote and flexible work, plus the gig economy infrastructure, makes it far easier to construct part-time portfolios of meaningful activity than even five years ago.
MarketThe 4M Americans retiring annually, plus their adult children who are often the ones pushing for planning; financial advisors and employers could be channel partners. Current retirement planning is purely financial (Fidelity, Vanguard) with zero focus on activity/purpose planning.
MoatNetwork effects from building a two-sided marketplace matching retirees with volunteer organizations, consulting gigs, and social groups in their local area; retention data on what activity portfolios correlate with better outcomes.
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