How to unretire

Susan Robinson spent 22 years in corporate America working in international marketing and customer service. When the last company she worked for was bought out, she was given an early retirement package. So she and her husband headed to their vacation home on Lido Key.

That's when she realized she wasn't ready to spend her days playing golf and reading books. “I was way too young to officially retire,” says Robinson, in her early 50s at the time.

The couple, instead, founded Key Concierge, a home-watch business. “I sure do wish I knew that it would be so much fun owning my own business; I would have done it a lot sooner,” says Robinson. “But the reality is that the 20-something years I spent in corporate America have been very helpful in building my own business.”