Ande Lyons is a dynamic 4x founder, seasoned startup mentor, and serial podcaster with over a decade of experience amplifying powerful stories. She is the host of the Don’t Be Caged By Your Age podcast, where she empowers people over 65 to break free from limiting ageist beliefs and live vibrant, purpose-filled lives...
…With more than 750 podcast episodes and 250 livestream shows, Ande has been edutaining global audiences since 2012 with her signature Andelicious conversations. She’s a passionate voice for positive aging, entrepreneurship, and lifelong personal growth.
Unemployable since 1992, Ande has launched multiple ventures—raising millions in venture capital for a tech startup, securing angel funding for a nationally scaled food brand, and bootstrapping several other businesses from idea to impact.
For 9 years, she mentored entrepreneurs through global accelerators like MassChallenge, EforAll, and MIT. She also co-hosted Boston’s high-energy monthly pitch event, giving founders just 99 seconds to pitch to a live audience and panel of investors.
From 2020 to 2023, Ande hosted the Startup Life LIVE Show, where she spotlighted diverse founders from around the world. The show streamed twice weekly across LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, helping viewers learn from real-life startup journeys.
Today, Ande is on a mission to dismantle ageism and inspire people to pursue new dreams after 65. At 67, she leads by example—proving that purpose and impact have no expiration date. As she says, “Pastures are for horses, not humans.
Connect with Ande:
Related Posts
Anna De Salvo: mom, wife, teacher, speaker, and course creator and Life Productivity Coach for working moms /Ep 2899 Anna De Salvo is a Life Productivity Coach for working moms. She is also a mom, wife, teacher, speaker, and course creator. She helps even the busiest working moms get ish done. As a working mom,
Read MoreAbout Vivien HudsonVivien Hudson is an authentic leader with over 25 years as a pharmacist, 30 years as an entrepreneur, and extensive experience as a leadership coach. With a deep understanding of stress and its impact, Vivien leverages her healthcare background to empower individuals and organizations to embrace self-care, build fulfilling lives, and create thriving
Read MoreCoach Micheal Burt- A MOTIVATOR THAT EMBRACES INTENSE & POSITIVE. Coach Micheal Burt believes that everybody needs a coach in life, but not just any coach, a Super Coach – a unique blend of intensity and mindset of a former championship coach combined with an entrepreneurial skill set. Through his deep methodology of inner-engineering people
Read MoreBenjamin “Coach” Culbertson- Benjamin “Coach” Culbertson and Kimberly are a professional speaking and podcasting duo who work with individuals, teams, and organizations to rehumanize leadership. Through public speaking at conferences, association events, workshops, and corporate meetings, they inspire and train leaders to break through resistance, increase engagement and productivity, and achieve the results they’ve dreamed
Read MoreLea Ann Mallett- Lea Ann Mallett is an activist, coach, writer and midlife mama who believes fiercely that we all have between us undiscovered common cause. She has been a leader in the activist community for almost three decades, from sitting in an ancient cedar for three days to protest clear-cut logging to leading a
Read MoreAlena Chapman Not just a Thought Leader or Spiritual Transformational Leader. Alena Chapman is a Soul Nurturer whose company “Chapman Life Institute” works with clients to identify what they really want to achieve in life. Alena is a TWO Time Inter- national Bestseller, has more than 30 years of deep study with Bob Proctor
Read MoreDr. Aaron L. Smith Dr. Aaron L. Smith is an expert with STEM and workplace readiness and is known around the world for his work. He assists schools, company leaders and communities to work together to develop and sustain a pipeline of competent and job-ready employees. A 2008 graduate of Old Dominion University
Read MoreKate McCarthy- Kate McCarthy says ‘I am a Business Success Coach & Techy Mentor and l can help you gain clarity take the stress out of the technical and administration side of your business. I can walk you through the processes and help you to create procedures that make your business more efficient and cost effective. Ten
Read MoreKerry Heaps- Kerry Heaps is the Publisher of Pageant Platform Magazine and the host of Pageant Platform Podcast. She is the Founder of Kerry’s Studio, a full-service Pageant training company that offers training to women ages 16+ all over the world. Her passion is to help women succeed in Pageantry, build a successful platform and
Read MoreAhmed Muzammil- I’m Ahmed Muzammil. Originally from the southern tip of India where you can see both the sunrise and sunset from a single point. Ahmed Muzammil: I’m living in Singapore for the past 5 years almost and been a software developer with a Swiss Private Bank. I have a beautiful wife, two boys and
Read MoreHeather Mason Heather founded Caspian in 2005, to produce conferences for innovative and socially good business space. Caspian’s social enterprise clients include the Skoll Foundation, the Omidyar Network, Code for America, Playworks, Endeavor Global, San Diego Zoo, and Futures Without Violence. Caspian has also worked with brands including HarperCollins, Vanity Fair, and Keurig Green Mountain Coffee.
Read MoreDai Manuel, Lifestyle Mentor to Professional Parents & Transformational Lifestyle Business Coach for FIT PARENTS /Ep 2896 Your Lifestyle Mentor My passion is to engage and challenge people in living healthy, more active lifestyles. With increasing obesity rates and a lack of focus and education on preventive medicine, our country is facing a health epidemic.
Read More