MAXLINEAR BOOSTS REVENUE FORECAST BECAUSE OF DEMAND
MaxLinear, a Carlsbad maker of signal processing chips used in broadband networks, boosted its third-quarter financial outlook on Thursday, thanks to surging demand for better Internet as more people work and attend school from home during the pandemic.
The company makes a variety of broadband network chips, ranging from processors that go into gateways for cable systems to chips that help deliver Wi-Fi to dead spots inside the home.
Back in July, MaxLinear said it expected revenue of $74 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30. Now it has upped that estimate to $156 million.
neurship, “are highly motivated to start their own businesses to foster their own economic self-reliance, support their families and also provide employment for others in their communities.”
Losing his position during the pandemic was a blow for Summers. He was depressed for a day or two, he said, but he already had been doing what he calls “out-of-school projects” and had a personal website that he quickly remade into a professional one.
Startup costs for his virtual business were under $2,000. The biggest challenges, he said, were “finding time to keep my technical skills up to date and pricing my services right.” The biggest reward? “It is a freedom I could not have imagined.”
For many retirees, or those like Summers who are nearing retirement age, “starting a new business by repackaging the skills and experience honed for decades into a new career is exciting,” said Nancy Ancowitz, a New York Citybased career coach.
“It hits you, especially during the coronavirus crisis, that time no longer feels unlimited,” she said. “You’re aware of your own clock ticking. Since you don’t have a seemingly endless vista of work ahead of you, you may be motivated to finally retool and learn a new trade or just try something different.”
For some of Ancowitz’s clients in their later working years, a buyout from an employer is “the seed money to fuel the venture they’ve been hankering to launch,” she said.
They see it as “a treat to get that kick-start rather than have to hunt for a job, with all of the loneliness and fear of rejection that comes with it, especially when they haven’t looked for a job in ages.”
Two years ago, Vanessa Tennyson, 62, retired from her job as a human resources officer at a large consulting engineering firm in Minneapolis where she had worked for 32 years.
To find her footing, Tennyson enrolled as a fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Advanced Careers Initiative. It was the push she needed to begin an executive coaching business.
Before she hung out her shingle, though, she went back to school to obtain certification in executive and organizational coaching from Columbia University’s Teachers College and a graduate certificate from Columbia Business School’s Executive Education platform in business excellence. She also made sure her credentials met the standards required by the nonprofit International Coaching Federation.
“I didn’t want to be retired,” she said “Retired implies done. When I moved on from my job, it wasn’t completely on my own terms. The firm changed management, and I was out faster than I had planned.” But at 59, she said, she wanted something new. “I longed for something more purposeful, more meaningful, more challenging.”
Money, too, played a role. “I had saved quite a bit of money, but I had also spent quite a bit of money,” said Tennyson, who realized she needed to keep earning.
Startup costs for Tennyson were around $50,000 for tuition and to set up a home office so she could coach virtually.
“The positive result of the pandemic,” she said, “is, I can work with people anywhere.” But the coronavirus has also taken a toll on her business, and in June she took a job as director of human resources at an addiction treatment center. “I continue to run my business on the side and coach clients. I expect that to bounce back next year.”