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43 years together.They had enough of a nest egg to retire. Instead, they took some of their savings to invest in a startup health and wellness franchise operation. They opened the Exercise Coach in two locations in Dallas in recent weeks. They plan to open a third in the next month. Two more are in the works.At this point in their lives, they no longer wanted to work at a large corporation where other people were making decisions."We want to be in control," said Pat, who spent 23 years at Electronic Data Systems, including a stint as president of the company's operations in Japan.The recession uprooted lives and forced many longtime workers out of their jobs. The unemployment rate among workers 55 and up is lower than the national average, but older employees also stay jobless longer."There are different ways to volunteer and help nonprofits and work part time, but if you need more income than that, you're up a creek," Isele said, who works with lawmakers and nonprofit groups to help senior entrepreneurs build businesses.Research in 2011 by Civic Ventures, a think tank on boomers, found that one in four people ages 44 to 70 are interested in starting businesses or nonprofit ventures in the next five to 10 years.Even before the financial upheaval, workplace and demographic changes were fuelling an entrepreneurial boom among older workers.For starters, baby boomers represent a huge chunk of the overall population. dipped last year, the share of entrepreneurship among the baby boomer group has grown from 14.3 per cent in 1996 to 23.4 per cent last year, according to the Kauffman