In general, sales tend to drop after the holiday shopping season, but that doesn’t mean it has to happen at your business. MSNBC's "Your Business" host JJ Ramberg talks with Tom Egelhoff, mentor with Bozeman SCORE and host of business and consumer talk show “Open for Business,” about how you can beat big box stores on price and keep your customers coming even after the holidays are over.

Nancy Strojny, chairwoman of the Portland, Maine, chapter of SCORE, shares tips for achieving success as an entrepreneur starting out later in life.

Find people who can act as advisers. “Someone who will tell you the truth—not what you want to hear,” said Strojny.  People are “so in love with their idea” that they’re often blind to the facts, she said. An advisory team can offer a sense of perspective and reality.

While many 72-year-olds are either in retirement or beginning to think about wrapping up their life's work, Middleboro resident and recent small business grant recipient Joe Gulino is starting a new chapter of his. With a new cookbook "Let's Eat with Joe Gulino" for sale and a second book waiting to be published, the former hairdresser continues to keep his plate full.

For 2013, one thing is certain, says Hal Finkelstein, South Palm Beach SCORE chairman. "Everybody that expects to keep up with the business world has to be mobile, including the mom and pops, which make up 70 percent of Florida businesses," said Finkelstein.

"Small businesses right now are focusing more on sales than fiscal cliffs or health care," says Finkelstein. "Sales are the blood of a company and if you don't have sales, you don't have a business."

It’s a situation that every family business owner will eventually face: What will I do when I no longer own and run my business?

Becoming a mentor, angel investor, SCORE volunteer, board member, or advisor to another business can provide new meaning to a person whose life was previously defined by their business accomplishments.

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