More than 5,000 people attended entrepreneurial events over the past year and organizers have trained about 1,200 people on what it takes to start a small business and succeed, TechTown Executive Director Randall Charlton says. Nearly a third of people attending Wayne State University's TechTown recruitment events are older than 46. Ten percent are over 56. They, like younger small business hopefuls, are looking for success during a recession that\'s seen thousands of jobs slashed across the Detroit area. \"When you\'re having a much harder time getting into the traditional work force, entrepreneurship becomes an option,\" says Peter Lichtenberg, professor of psychology and director of the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State. \"They\'ve been supervisors, project leaders, innovators for their companies,\" he says. \"They come now with tremendous ideas and enthusiasm, and the ability to see that niche market that their business is going to target.\"

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